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Nikolay Smaga

1938 - 1981

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Nikolay Yakovlevich Smaga (Russian: Николай Яковлевич Смага, Ukrainian: Микола Якович Смага; 22 August 1938 – 29 March 1981) was a Soviet athlete from Ukraine who competed mainly in the 20 kilometer walk. He trained at VSS Trud in Penza and later at VSS Avanhard in Kiev. He competed for the USSR in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 20 kilometer walk where he won the bronze medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolay Smaga has received more than 11,987 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolay Smaga is the 1,279th most popular athlete (down from 1,260th in 2019).

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nikolay Smaga ranks 1,279 out of 6,025. Before him are Tamara Manina, Serhiy Novikov, James Fifer, Harry Blackstaffe, William Varley, and Valeriu Bularca. After him are Loren Murchison, Arthur Tell Schwab, Dieter Kottysch, József Rády, Hasely Crawford, and Dagmar Käsling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Nikolay Smaga ranks 482. Before him are Jean-Marie Doré, Barbara Wagner, Bohumil Němeček, Kathryn Beaumont, Charles Lloyd, and Isidoro Díaz. After him are Hoyt Axton, Valentina Prudskova, John Hansen, Boris Melnikov, Armando Tobar, and Klaus Töpfer. Among people deceased in 1981, Nikolay Smaga ranks 232. Before him are Bronisław Malinowski, Oumarou Ganda, Giuseppe Tosi, Ella Hall, Big Walter Horton, and Fredric Wertham. After him are Börje Tapper, Howard Hanson, Malcolm MacDonald, Henry Eyring, Ioachim Moldoveanu, and Dragutin Najdanović.

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