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Lia Manoliu

1932 - 1998

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Lia Manoliu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈli.a manoˈli.u]; 25 April 1932 – 9 January 1998) was a Romanian discus thrower who won one gold and two bronze Olympic medals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lia Manoliu has received more than 46,565 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Lia Manoliu is the 192nd most popular athlete (down from 137th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Moldova (down from 27th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Moldovan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lia Manoliu ranks 192 out of 6,025. Before her are Milan Nenadić, Mariya Pisareva, George S. Robertson, Rosemarie Ackermann, James Quinn, and Heike Drechsler. After her are Margitta Gummel, Jay Cutler, Gunnar Höckert, Parry O'Brien, Pierre Musy, and Lee Evans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Lia Manoliu ranks 206. Before her are Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Mancur Olson, Karekin I, Erró, Javier Ambrois, and Saul Friedländer. After her are Vasco de Almeida e Costa, Richard Estes, Saye Zerbo, John Glen, Dabney Coleman, and Dana Scott. Among people deceased in 1998, Lia Manoliu ranks 122. Before her are Jean Leray, Bahi Ladgham, Hans von Ohain, Theodor Oberländer, Jerome Robbins, and Louis Dumont. After her are Klaus Tennstedt, John Chadwick, Samuel Eilenberg, Keisuke Kinoshita, Qian Zhongshu, and Nazim al-Qudsi.

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In Moldova

Among people born in Moldova, Lia Manoliu ranks 28 out of 107. Before her are Lev Berg (1876), Nikolay Zelinsky (1861), Boris Kolker (1939), Jerzy Neyman (1894), Grigory Kotovsky (1881), and Mihai Ghimpu (1951). After her are Vladimir Albitsky (1891), Gary Bertini (1927), Alexander Goldenweiser (1875), Anastasia Golovina (1850), Dan Balan (1979), and Grigore Vieru (1935).

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Among ATHLETES In Moldova

Among athletes born in Moldova, Lia Manoliu ranks 2. Before her are Douglas (null). After her are Tudor Casapu (1963), Natalia Valeeva (1969), Carlos Silva (null), Denis Vieru (1996), Sergiu Toma (1987), Victor Ciobanu (1992), Sofia Polcanova (1994), Alexandra Camenșcic (1988), Dan Olaru (1996), and Cristina Iovu (1992).

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