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Inessa Merkulova

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Inessa Viktorovna Merkulova (Russian: Инесса Викторовна Меркулова, née Poturaeva; born 9 November 1964) is a Russian Olympic dressage rider. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she placed 23rd in the individual competition aboard Trakehner Mister X. She went on to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as well, during which she placed 12th in the team competition representing the Russian Olympic Committee, and 31st individually. Merkulova has also represented Russia at five World Equestrian Games (in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2018), five European Dressage Championships (1999, 2001, 2015, 2017 and 2021), and seven World Cup Finals (in 2002, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018). She qualified for the 2014 Dressage World Cup Finals in Lyon, after placing 3rd in the Central European League standings. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 4 different languages on Wikipedia. Inessa Merkulova is the 7,882nd most popular athlete (down from 6,300th in 2024), the 4,096th most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,714th in 2019) and the 471st most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Inessa Merkulova ranks 7,882 out of 6,025. Before her are Keshia Baker, Jocelyn Rae, Eliott Crestan, Hannah Mills, Rui Bragança, and Elena Nikitina. After her are Jiří Prskavec, Fausto Desalu, Andranik Karapetyan, Koen Metsemakers, Polina Komar, and Crismery Santana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Inessa Merkulova ranks 1,221. Before her are Lynn Nottage, Ian Healy, Jared Huffman, Drew Massey, Juliana Donald, and Yvette Clarke. After her are Samuel Parot, Michael McGlynn, and Brigitte Haas.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Inessa Merkulova ranks 4,096 out of 3,761. Before her are Nikita Chernov (1996), Artem Zub (1995), Nikolay Kulemin (1986), Maria Ugolkova (1989), Martin Malyutin (1999), and Elena Nikitina (1992). After her are Polina Komar (1999), Sofya Zhuk (1999), Irina Davydova (1988), Abubakr Abakarov (1999), Misha Zilberman (1989), and Polina Gorshkova (1989).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Inessa Merkulova ranks 471. Before her are Yekaterina Ilyukhina (1987), Ilya Shkurenyov (1991), Egor Yakovlev (1991), Sergey Trofimov (1995), Ekaterina Shumilova (1986), and Elena Nikitina (1992). After her are Polina Komar (1999), Irina Davydova (1988), Roman Anoshkin (1987), Eduard Popp (null), Yulia Karimova (1994), and Yury Postrigay (1988).

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