HANDBALL PLAYER

Irina Bliznova

1986 - Today

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Irina Yuryevna Bliznova (Russian: Ирина Юрьевна Близнова, born 6 October 1986) is a Russian handball player, who plays for Lada Togliatti. She won the gold medal at the 2005 and 2007 world championships and 2016 Rio Olympics, placing second in 2008 and eighth in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irina Bliznova has received more than 21,940 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Irina Bliznova is the 370th most popular handball player (down from 305th in 2019), the 3,513th most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,041st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Russian Handball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 22k

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  • 36.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HANDBALL PLAYERS

Among handball players, Irina Bliznova ranks 370 out of 420Before her are Steffen Weinhold, Mariya Sidorova, Patrick Groetzki, Andrea Barnó, Nely Carla Alberto, and Ryu Eun-hee. After her are Elisabeth Pinedo, Danick Snelder, Ahmed El-Ahmar, Maya Petrova, Damir Bičanić, and Sverre Andreas Jakobsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Irina Bliznova ranks 1,201Before her are Roger Espinoza, Stéphanie Dubois, Atagün Yalçınkaya, Brando Eaton, Odai Al-Saify, and Manu García. After her are Hrayr Mkoyan, Sonny Weems, Júlio César, Mohammed Kassid, Stephen Colletti, and Edwin Soi.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Irina Bliznova ranks 3,513 out of 3,761Before her are Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau (1994), Morisi Kvitelashvili (1995), Fedor Klimov (1990), Gloria Hooper (null), Nail Yakupov (1993), and Timur Morgunov (1996). After her are Valeria Sorokina (1984), Maya Petrova (1982), Elizabet Tursynbayeva (2000), Sergey Chernetskiy (1990), Viacheslav Krasilnikov (1991), and Aleksandra Fedoriva (1988).

Among HANDBALL PLAYERS In Russia

Among handball players born in Russia, Irina Bliznova ranks 19Before her are Anna Sedoykina (1984), Mikhail Chipurin (1980), Oksana Romenskaya (1976), Anna Sen (1990), Victoriya Kalinina (1988), and Mariya Sidorova (1979). After her are Maya Petrova (1982), Yekaterina Ilyina (1991), Marina Sudakova (1989), Yana Uskova (1985), Daria Dmitrieva (1995), and Vladlena Bobrovnikova (1987).