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Igor Novikov

1929 - 2007

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Igor Aleksandrovich Novikov (Russian: Игорь Александрович Новиков, 19 October 1929 – 30 August 2007) was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Aleksandr Tarasov and Ivan Deriuhin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Igor Novikov has received more than 15,021 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Igor Novikov is the 808th most popular athlete (down from 582nd in 2019), the 1,945th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,757th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Igor Novikov ranks 808 out of 6,025. Before him are Viktor Rashchupkin, Vilho Tuulos, Urho Peltonen, Earl Thomson, Mel Patton, and Afanasijs Kuzmins. After him are Charles Bennett, Francisco Villota, Guy Butler, Noboru Terada, Andy Stanfield, and Kjell Bäckman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Igor Novikov ranks 390. Before him are Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Pat Crawford Brown, Eberhard Jäckel, Betty Carter, Jaime Gómez, and Gerald Dreyer. After him are Thomas Remengesau Sr., Richard Bass, Ödön Földessy, Jerry Hardin, Win Tin, and Júlia Sigmond. Among people deceased in 2007, Igor Novikov ranks 291. Before him are Enzo Biagi, Beverly Sills, Jimmy Makulis, Roger Beaufrand, Dennis Johnson, and Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg. After him are René Rémond, Roscoe Lee Browne, Pedro Cubilla, Hansjörg Felmy, Dumitru Pârvulescu, and Ramón Marsal.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor Novikov ranks 1,945 out of 3,761. Before him are Fazu Aliyeva (1932), Nikolai Golovanov (1891), Alexander Nesmeyanov (1899), Viktor Rashchupkin (1950), Mikhail Krug (1962), and Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (1907). After him are Nikolai Pogodin (1900), Yuliya Borisova (1925), Alexander Shishkov (1754), Mark Midler (1931), Alexander Voeikov (1842), and Ravil Maganov (1954).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Igor Novikov ranks 44. Before him are Anatoly Mikhaylov (1936), Alexander Tikhonov (1947), Anfisa Reztsova (1964), Tatyana Anisimova (1949), Vyacheslav Lemeshev (1952), and Viktor Rashchupkin (1950). After him are Mark Midler (1931), Mark Rakita (1938), Tatyana Shchelkanova (1937), Anastasiya Kuzmina (1984), Olavi Mannonen (1930), and Rudolf Povarnitsyn (1962).

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