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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 14,418 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Igor Novikov is the 582nd most popular athlete (up from 672nd in 2019), the 1,761st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,673rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Igor Novikov ranks 582 out of 3,059Before him are Gioacchino Guaragna, Rafael Chimishkyan, Fred Alderman, Morgan Taylor, Vasily Rudenkov, and Fred Hansen. After him are Ingemar Johansson, Hélène de Pourtalès, Dorothea Wierer, Cornelius Johnson, Valerio Arri, and Hal Connolly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Igor Novikov ranks 360Before him are John Julius Norwich, Richard Dysart, Arthur Barnard, Betty Carter, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, and Rafael Chimishkyan. After him are Acker Bilk, Günter Kunert, Girija Devi, Ken McGregor, Jerry Hardin, and Amar Bose. Among people deceased in 2007, Igor Novikov ranks 259Before him are Édouard Gagnon, Joseíto, John Gardner, Katsuko Saruhashi, John P. Ryan, and Noël Milarew Odingar. After him are Georg Buschner, Enzo Biagi, Benito Lorenzi, Iccho Itoh, Ken McGregor, and Angelo Conterno.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor Novikov ranks 1,761 out of 3,262Before him are Fedor Ozep (1895), Ladislaus Bortkiewicz (1868), Boris Vilkitsky (1885), Fyodor Bondarchuk (1967), Max Jakobson (1923), and Carl Enckell (1876). After him are Geydar Dzhemal (1947), Nikolay Lvov (1753), Maria Yermolova (1853), Alexander Ovechkin (1985), Veikko Huhtanen (1919), and Lev Chugaev (1873).

Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Igor Novikov ranks 35Before him are Igor Nikulin (1960), Lyudmila Kondratyeva (1958), Irina Privalova (1968), Galina Zybina (1931), Aleksandra Chudina (1923), and Leonid Spirin (1932). After him are Alexander Tikhonov (1947), Olha Bryzhina (1963), Vasili Kuznetsov (1932), Viktor Kapitonov (1933), Yelena Gorchakova (1933), and Tatyana Shchelkanova (1937).