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Irena Szewińska

1946 - 2018

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Irena Szewińska (née Kirszenstein; Polish pronunciation: [iˈrɛna ʂɛˈviɲska]; 24 May 1946 – 29 June 2018) was a Polish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost track athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events. She won a total of seven Olympic medals including three golds. She is the only athlete in history, male or female, to have held the world record in the 100 m, the 200 m and the 400 m events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irena Szewińska has received more than 234,276 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Irena Szewińska is the 69th most popular athlete (up from 84th in 2019), the 728th most popular biography from Russia (up from 851st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Irena Szewińska ranks 69 out of 6,025. Before her are Ralph Boston, Al Oerter, Pietro Mennea, Yelena Isinbayeva, Vera Krepkina, and Shizo Kanakuri. After her are Jürgen Schult, Irving Baxter, Dana Zátopková, Mohammed Gammoudi, Merlene Ottey, and Lee Haney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Irena Szewińska ranks 191. Before her are Willy van der Kuijlen, Sawao Kato, Alpha Oumar Konaré, Lucien Van Impe, Ellison Onizuka, and André Dussollier. After her are Maria Bethânia, Matthieu Ricard, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Claire Denis, Toquinho, and Ismail Khan. Among people deceased in 2018, Irena Szewińska ranks 110. Before her are Nicanor Parra, Bruno Sammartino, Dennis Nilsen, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Raymond Chow, and Josep Lluís Núñez. After her are Choi Eun-hee, Tom Wolfe, Philip Kerr, Lill-Babs, Luis García Meza, and Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Irena Szewińska ranks 728 out of 3,761. Before her are Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg (1847), Lev Ivanov (1834), Sergei Khrushchev (1935), Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov (1912), Maria Yudina (1899), and Joseph Trumpeldor (1880). After her are Georgy Shpagin (1897), Tanya Savicheva (1930), Anna Sophia of Prussia (1527), Bella Akhmadulina (1937), Alisa Freindlich (1934), and Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (1827).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Irena Szewińska ranks 6. Before her are Vasily Alekseyev (1942), Valeriy Brumel (1942), Yuriy Sedykh (1955), Yelena Isinbayeva (1982), and Vera Krepkina (1933). After her are Elvīra Ozoliņa (1939), Viktor Mamatov (1937), Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Aleksandr Privalov (1933), Galina Zybina (1931), and Vsevolod Bobrov (1922).

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