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Sergei Mylnikov

1958 - 2017

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Sergei Aleksandrovich Mylnikov (Russian: Сергей Александрович Мыльников; 6 October 1958 – 20 June 2017) was a Soviet and Russian ice hockey goaltender and coach who competed in the Soviet Hockey League, National Hockey League, and the Swedish Division 2 between 1977 and 1995. He was the first Soviet goaltender to play in the National Hockey League. He mostly played for Traktor Chelyabinsk (1976–80, 1983–89), and also briefly for SKA Leningrad (1980–82), the Quebec Nordiques (1989–90), Torpedo Yaroslavl (1991–93) and Skedvi/Säter IF (1993–95). He was a member of the Soviet national team, winning a gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics and at the 1989 and 1990 IIHF World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sergei Mylnikov is the 2,834th most popular athlete (down from 2,769th in 2024), the 2,758th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,776th in 2019) and the 160th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sergei Mylnikov ranks 2,834 out of 6,025. Before him are Salvatore Antibo, Veronica Cochela, Petre Becheru, Andrés Simón, Christina Obergföll, and Uwe Heppner. After him are Ravilya Agletdinova, Aleksandr Karshakevich, Peter Radford, Femke Bol, Kim Ki-hoon, and Nafissatou Thiam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Sergei Mylnikov ranks 682. Before him are Jeph Loeb, Christopher Dean, Laurie Bartram, Toyah Willcox, Victor Shenderovich, and Lenny Henry. After him are Scott Hamilton, Reema Lagoo, Hisao Kuramata, Adiato Djaló Nandigna, Petr Rada, and Samir Shaker. Among people deceased in 2017, Sergei Mylnikov ranks 634. Before him are Kim Weon-kee, Willie Toweel, Roy Halladay, Andrea Jürgens, David Axelrod, and Ayan Sadakov. After him are Cheick Tioté, Reema Lagoo, Scott Putesky, Albert Brewer, Donna Williams, and Peggy Cummins.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sergei Mylnikov ranks 2,758 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergei Bazarevich (1965), Kamila Valieva (2006), MakSim (1983), Victor Shenderovich (1958), Yulia Lipnitskaya (1998), and Ekaterina Alexandrova (1994). After him are Konstantin Malofeev (1974), Olga Zabelinskaya (1980), Israil Arsamakov (1962), Oleg Znarok (1963), Roman Kostomarov (1977), and Aleksandra Krunić (1993).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Sergei Mylnikov ranks 160. Before him are Olga Chernyavskaya (1963), Alexander Melentyev (1954), Grigory Kiriyenko (1965), Irina Belova (1968), Olimpiada Ivanova (1970), and Irina Kalinina (1959). After him are Israil Arsamakov (1962), Tatyana Lysenko (1983), Yekaterina Volkova (1978), Vladimir Krylov (1964), Vladimir Alikin (1957), and Mikhail Shchennikov (1967).

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