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Vera Sokolova

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Vera Aleksandrovna Sokolova (Russian: Вера Александровна Соколова; born June 8, 1987, in Solianoy, Morgaushsky District, Chuvash Republic) is a Russian race walker. A gold medalist on the track at World Youth and European Junior level, she won her first major senior medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, taking the 20 km road walk bronze medal. She also represented Russia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. She won the 2011 Russian Winter Walking Championships in Sochi with a world record in the 20 km road walk of 1:25:08, knocking 33 seconds off the former record set by Olimpiada Ivanova in the 2005 World Championships final. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Vera Sokolova is the 6,485th most popular athlete (down from 5,925th in 2024), the 3,819th most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,653rd in 2019) and the 404th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vera Sokolova ranks 6,485 out of 6,025. Before her are Harrie Smolders, Masoud Azizi, Luo Yutong, Wu Hanxiong, Dale Begg-Smith, and Michael Carruth. After her are Ben Rutledge, Benoît Peschier, Kang Min-ho, Pang Qianyu, Jamaladdin Magomedov, and Thomas Herschmiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Vera Sokolova ranks 1,423. Before her are Leandro Almeida, Kristin Cavallari, Lucas Chiaretti, Dominic Maroh, Ruan Lufei, and Nour El-Refai. After her are Max Heinzer, Zane Holtz, Dimitri Claeys, Miral Samardžić, Serguey Torres, and Krasimir Anev.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vera Sokolova ranks 3,819 out of 3,761. Before her are Ekaterina Bobrova (1990), Gleb Galperin (1985), Igor Kurnosov (1985), Daria Shmeleva (1994), Yury Prilukov (1984), and Danila Izotov (1991). After her are Jamaladdin Magomedov (1989), Niyaz Ilyasov (1995), Alexey Volkov (1988), Ilya Nikulin (1982), Anna Lazareva (1997), and Adelina Zagidullina (1993).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Vera Sokolova ranks 404. Before her are Khasanbi Taov (1977), Yana Romanova (1983), Yelena Migunova (1984), Maxim Maksimov (1979), Magomedkhan Magomedov (1998), and Gleb Galperin (1985). After her are Jamaladdin Magomedov (1989), Alexey Volkov (1988), Marina Nichișenco (1986), Kirill Denisov (1988), Nikolay Kruglov Jr. (1981), and Tatiana Akimova (1990).

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