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Oleg Vasiliev

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Oleg Kimovich Vasiliev (Russian: Олег Кимович Васильев; born 22 November 1959) is a Russian former pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With his then-wife Elena Valova, he is the 1984 Olympic champion, 1988 Olympic silver medalist, and three-time World Champion (1983, 1985, 1988). Their coach throughout their career was Tamara Moskvina. After retiring from competition, Vasiliev became a coach, leading the pair of Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin to the 2006 Olympic title. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Oleg Vasiliev is the 199th most popular skater (down from 192nd in 2024), the 2,739th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,683rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Russian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Oleg Vasiliev ranks 199 out of 483. Before him are Ireen Wüst, Debbi Wilkes, Ilia Kulik, Philippe Candeloro, Anni Friesinger-Postma, and Martina Sáblíková. After him are Sylvia Albrecht, Evgenia Radanova, Denis Ten, Olaf Zinke, Christopher Dean, and Kamila Valieva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Oleg Vasiliev ranks 650. Before him are Giuseppe Abbagnale, Gabriel Jaime Gómez Jaramillo, Wilmar Cabrera, Ursula Konzett, Wanda Panfil, and Carlos I. Noriega. After him are Michael Glawogger, Mourad Amara, Eileen Davidson, Irina Kalinina, Victoria Rowell, and Kim Reynolds.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Oleg Vasiliev ranks 2,739 out of 3,761. Before him are Irina Belova (1968), Sergei Zalyotin (1962), Tatiana Sorokko (1971), Ilya Naishuller (1983), Alexei Yashin (1973), and Maria Filatova (1961). After him are Dmitri Popov (1967), Olimpiada Ivanova (1970), Alexei Kovalev (1973), Sergey Shnurov (1973), Konstantin Kozeyev (1967), and Yelena Serova (1976).

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Among SKATERS In Russia

Among skaters born in Russia, Oleg Vasiliev ranks 24. Before him are Irina Slutskaya (1979), Marina Klimova (1966), Alexei Yagudin (1980), Alexei Urmanov (1973), Alexander Zhulin (1963), and Ilia Kulik (1977). After him are Kamila Valieva (2006), Yulia Lipnitskaya (1998), Roman Kostomarov (1977), Marina Anissina (1975), Maxim Staviski (1977), and Alina Zagitova (2002).

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