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Viktor Tikhonov

1930 - 2014

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Viktor Vasilyevich Tikhonov (Russian: Виктор Васильевич Тихонов; 4 June 1930 – 24 November 2014) was a Russian ice hockey player and coach. Tikhonov was a defenceman with VVS Moscow and Dynamo Moscow from 1949 to 1963, winning four national championships. He was the coach of the Soviet team when it was the dominant team in international play, winning eight World Championship gold medals, as well as Olympic gold medals in 1984, 1988 and 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Tikhonov has received more than 24,388 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Viktor Tikhonov is the 5th most popular hockey player (down from 4th in 2019), the 746th most popular biography from Russia (down from 557th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 5 out of 676. Before him are Wayne Gretzky, Maurice Richard, Vladislav Tretiak, and Valeri Kharlamov. After him are Gordie Howe, Václav Nedomanský, Georges Vézina, Jiří Holeček, Bobby Hull, Jaromír Jágr, and Sergei Makarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 152. Before him are Philippe Leroy, Stephen Smale, Tony Lip, Tom Wolfe, Choe Thae-bok, and Manuel Marulanda. After him are José Águas, Anthony Steffen, Ilon Wikland, Giuliano Montaldo, Jo Bonnier, and Sergiu Nicolaescu. Among people deceased in 2014, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 119. Before him are Alice Babs, Carlos Páez Vilaró, Igor Mitoraj, Edward Herrmann, Ralph Waite, and Go Seigen. After him are Alicia Rhett, Tommy Ramone, Andrea de Cesaris, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Francisco Gabica, and Marie Dubois.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 746 out of 3,761. Before him are Boris Gromov (1943), Nikolai Rezanov (1764), Alexander Yakovlev (1923), Nikolai Amosov (1913), Evgeny Pashukanis (1891), and Gustaf Kossinna (1858). After him are Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836), Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (1842), Afanasy Fet (1820), Vasily Aksyonov (1932), Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov (1777), and Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia (1854).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 3. Before him are Vladislav Tretiak (1952), and Valeri Kharlamov (1948). After him are Sergei Makarov (1958), Vladimir Petrov (1947), Viacheslav Fetisov (1958), Igor Larionov (1960), Viktor Konovalenko (1938), Alexander Yakushev (1947), Alexander Ovechkin (1985), Alexei Kasatonov (1959), and Vyacheslav Starshinov (1940).

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