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Igor Polyansky

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Igor Nikolaevich Polianski (Russian: Игорь Николаевич Полянский) (born 20 March 1967 in Novosibirsk) is a former backstroke swimmer from the USSR. Polianski trained at Dynamo in Novosibirsk. In 1986, he became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. From 1985 to 1990, Polianski was a member of the USSR National Team. He won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, including the gold in the 200 m backstroke. Polianski won gold medals at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships in the 100 m backstroke and 200 m backstroke and a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Igor Polyansky is the 283rd most popular swimmer (up from 291st in 2024), the 2,899th most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,026th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Igor Polyansky ranks 283 out of 709. Before him are Therese Alshammar, Franziska van Almsick, Camille Muffat, Lyn McClements, Kathleen Nord, and Milorad Čavić. After him are Tiffany Cohen, Bengt Baron, Mike Bruner, John Naber, Rūta Meilutytė, and Laure Manaudou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Igor Polyansky ranks 743. Before him are Marco V, Rogério Sampaio, Dan Peters, Dušan Uhrin Jr., Miguel Guerrero, and Nicole Uphoff. After him are Olena Sadovnycha, Ramona Portwich, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Akiko Yajima, Dănuț Dobre, and Isidora Žebeljan.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor Polyansky ranks 2,899 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail Shtalenkov (1965), Mikhail Devyatyarov (1959), Lilia Vaygina-Efremova (1977), Olga Kaniskina (1985), Evgenia Shishkova (1972), and Khetag Gazyumov (1983). After him are Olga Danilova (1970), Yelena Podkaminskaya (1979), Nikolay Pimenov (null), Alex Bogomolov Jr. (1983), Andrei Kravchuk (1962), and Aleksandr Anyukov (1982).

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Among SWIMMERS In Russia

Among swimmers born in Russia, Igor Polyansky ranks 5. Before him are Oscar Grégoire (1877), Vladimir Salnikov (1960), Alexander Popov (1971), and Nikolai Pankin (1949). After him are Dmitry Volkov (1966), Denis Pankratov (1974), Nina Zhivanevskaya (1977), Anastasia Davydova (1983), Natalia Ishchenko (1986), Pavlo Khnykin (1969), and Yuliya Yefimova (1992).

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