1942 - 2011
Vasily Ivanovich Alekseyev (Russian: Василий Иванович Алексеев; 7 January 1942 – 25 November 2011) was a Soviet weightlifter. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Alekseyev has received more than 496,450 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Vasily Alekseyev is the 38th most popular athlete (up from 42nd in 2019), the 571st most popular biography from Russia (down from 555th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Vasily Alekseyev ranks 38 out of 3,059. Before him are Dorando Pietri, Al Oerter, Frank Zane, Ben Johnson, Sohn Kee-chung, and Shizo Kanakuri. After him are Coroebus of Elis, Ivan Patzaichin, Tommie Smith, Mark Phillips, Jānis Lūsis, and Theagenes of Thasos.
1885 - 1942
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 32
1936 - 2007
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 33
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 34
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 35
1912 - 2002
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 36
1891 - 1983
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 37
1942 - 2011
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 38
800 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 39
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 40
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 41
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 42
1939 - 2020
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 43
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 44
Among people born in 1942, Vasily Alekseyev ranks 145. Before him are Ivo Viktor, Christopher A. Sims, Linda Evans, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Felice Gimondi, and Étienne Balibar. After him are Michel Kafando, Michel Fourniret, Nicole Fontaine, Sigfried Held, Robert Ballard, and Rei Kawakubo. Among people deceased in 2011, Vasily Alekseyev ranks 81. Before him are Valentin Ivanov, Harold Garfinkel, Jack Kevorkian, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Andy Whitfield, and Walter Bonatti. After him are Eugene Nida, Ferenc Mádl, Ange-Félix Patassé, Roland Petit, Frans Sammut, and Raúl Ruiz.
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 139
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 140
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 141
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 142
1942 - 2019
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 143
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 144
1942 - 2011
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 145
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 146
1942 - 2021
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 147
1942 - 2018
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 148
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 149
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 150
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 151
1934 - 2011
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 75
1917 - 2011
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 76
1928 - 2011
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 77
1935 - 2011
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 78
1971 - 2011
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 79
1930 - 2011
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 80
1942 - 2011
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 81
1914 - 2011
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 82
1931 - 2011
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 83
1937 - 2011
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 84
1924 - 2011
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 85
1945 - 2011
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 86
1941 - 2011
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 87
Among people born in Russia, Vasily Alekseyev ranks 571 out of 3,262. Before him are Korney Chukovsky (1882), Nikolai Ogarkov (1917), Zeki Velidi Togan (1890), Mikhail Gurevich (1892), Mikhail Lazarev (1788), and Galina Vishnevskaya (1926). After him are Praskovia Saltykova (1664), Matvei Zakharov (1898), Nicholas of Japan (1836), Sergei Dovlatov (1941), Alexander Belyaev (1884), and Vladimir Shukhov (1853).
1882 - 1969
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 565
1917 - 1994
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 566
1890 - 1970
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 567
1892 - 1976
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 568
1788 - 1851
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 569
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 570
1942 - 2011
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 571
1664 - 1723
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 572
1898 - 1972
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 573
1836 - 1912
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 574
1941 - 1990
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 575
1884 - 1942
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 576
1853 - 1939
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 577
Among athletes born in Russia, Vasily Alekseyev ranks 2. Before him are Yuriy Sedykh (1955). After him are Valeriy Brumel (1942), Yelena Isinbayeva (1982), Elvīra Ozoliņa (1939), Irena Szewińska (1946), Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Vyacheslav Vedenin (1941), Vsevolod Bobrov (1922), Yevgeny Grishin (1931), Vera Krepkina (1933), and Natalya Lisovskaya (1962).
1955 - 2021
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 1
1942 - 2011
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 2
1942 - 2003
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 3
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 4
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 5
1946 - 2018
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 6
1930 - 2013
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 7
1941 - 2021
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 8
1922 - 1979
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 9
1931 - 2005
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 10
1933 - 2023
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 11
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 12