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Vasili Kuznetsov

1932 - 2001

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Vasili Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (Russian: Василий Дмитриевич Кузнецов, 7 February 1932 – 6 August 2001) was a Soviet and Russian decathlete who won the European title in 1954, 1958 and 1962. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won bronze medals in 1956 and 1960, placing seventh in 1964. Kuznetsov took up athletics in the late 1940s and won a record 10 national decathlon titles in 1953-60 and 1962–63. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasili Kuznetsov has received more than 6,053 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Vasili Kuznetsov is the 566th most popular athlete (up from 614th in 2019), the 1,768th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,777th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vasili Kuznetsov ranks 566 out of 6,025. Before him are Roscoe Lockwood, Asbjørn Ruud, Yelena Gorchakova, Rudolf Harbig, Wolfgang Nordwig, and Giancarlo Brusati. After him are József Csermák, Gaston Amson, Fausto Acke, Paavo Johansson, Roelof Klein, and Roald Larsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Vasili Kuznetsov ranks 318. Before him are Masten Gregory, Bo Goldman, Robert B. Parker, Jay Miner, Anatoly Roshchin, and Lyudvig Chibirov. After him are József Csermák, Paul J. Weitz, Luis Ayala, Lygia Bojunga Nunes, Mario Cuomo, and Lodewijk van den Berg. Among people deceased in 2001, Vasili Kuznetsov ranks 224. Before him are Cornelius Warmerdam, Kateryna Yushchenko, Jane Greer, Luise Krüger, Ibrahim Shams, and Giancarlo Brusati. After him are József Csermák, Dmitry Polyansky, Stanislav Rostotsky, Sergio Mantovani, Milorad B. Protić, and Nancye Wynne Bolton.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasili Kuznetsov ranks 1,768 out of 3,761. Before him are Olena Apanovych (1919), Yelena Gorchakova (1933), Suleyman Kerimov (1966), Aristarkh Belopolsky (1854), Nicolas Slonimsky (1894), and Aristarkh Lentulov (1882). After him are Lev Durov (1931), Mikhail Tikhonravov (1900), Maria Andreyeva (1868), Rostislav Plyatt (1908), Fedor Ozep (1895), and Leon Benois (1856).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Vasili Kuznetsov ranks 34. Before him are Lyudmila Bragina (1943), Lyudmila Shevtsova (1934), Veikko Karvonen (1926), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1938), Yrjö Nikkanen (1914), and Yelena Gorchakova (1933). After him are Anatoly Alyabyev (1951), Valeri Popenchenko (1937), Leonid Spirin (1932), Anatoly Mikhaylov (1936), Alexander Tikhonov (1947), and Anfisa Reztsova (1964).

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