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Lyudmila Shevtsova

1934 - Today

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Lyudmila Ivanovna Gurevitch (nee Shevtsova later Lysenko; born 26 November 1934) is a retired Russian-Ukrainian athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres. On 3 July 1960, she set a world record in this event at 2 min 4.3 seconds. She equaled this time while winning the 800 m gold at the 1960 Olympics two months later. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lyudmila Shevtsova has received more than 19,427 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Lyudmila Shevtsova is the 449th most popular athlete (down from 397th in 2019), the 1,650th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,567th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lyudmila Shevtsova ranks 449 out of 6,025. Before her are John Thomas, Hermann Barrelet, Yurik Vardanyan, Charles Gmelin, Hans Günter Winkler, and Justin Gatlin. After her are Gyula Zsivótzky, Emiel Puttemans, Eddie Owen, Christian d'Oriola, Delfo Cabrera, and Helena Fibingerová.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Lyudmila Shevtsova ranks 318. Before her are Nikolai Slichenko, Susan George, Lew Hoad, Turan Dursun, Roy Kerr, and Roger Norrington. After her are Tomás Eloy Martínez, Alan Bennett, Kamala Surayya, Tonina Torrielli, Jayakanthan, and Amiri Baraka.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lyudmila Shevtsova ranks 1,650 out of 3,761. Before her are Vasily Stasov (1769), Vladislav Listyev (1956), Sergey Chaplygin (1869), Giorgi Shengelaia (1937), Jürgen Moser (1928), and Natalya Arinbasarova (1946). After her are Mikhail Artamonov (1898), Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1857), Inna Makarova (1926), Aleksandr Belyavsky (1932), Sergey Shakurov (1942), and Vatslav Vorovsky (1871).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Lyudmila Shevtsova ranks 29. Before her are Olha Bryzhina (1963), Bernd Kannenberg (1942), Maria Itkina (1932), Irina Privalova (1968), Nina Ponomaryova (1929), and Lyudmila Bragina (1943). After her are Veikko Karvonen (1926), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1938), Yrjö Nikkanen (1914), Yelena Gorchakova (1933), Vasili Kuznetsov (1932), and Anatoly Alyabyev (1951).

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