ATHLETE

Vladimir Kiselyov

1957 - 2021

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Vladimir Viktorovich Kiselyov (Russian: Владимир Викторович Киселёв; Ukrainian: Володимир Вікторович Кисельов; sometimes listed as Volodymyr Kyselyov 1 January 1957 – 7 January 2021) was a Soviet-born Ukrainian athlete who mainly competed in the shot put during his career. He competed for the USSR in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union where he won the gold medal in the men's shot put event. In 1985, Kiselyov lost 25 kg (55 lbs) and almost died as a result of past use of prohibited substances, specifically testosterone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Kiselyov has received more than 26,751 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Kiselyov is the 1,507th most popular athlete (down from 686th in 2019), the 2,290th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,831st in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vladimir Kiselyov ranks 1,507 out of 6,025. Before him are Jutta Heine, Ellina Zvereva, Imre Rajczy, Cecil McMaster, Shawn Rhoden, and Robert Farnan. After him are Horst Meyer, Dorothy Manley, Bertalan Papp, Antonio Spallino, Hubert Stevens, and Jack Cameron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Vladimir Kiselyov ranks 424. Before him are Othmar Karas, Jacques Gamblin, Haruhisa Hasegawa, Joel Goldsmith, Harald Schmidt, and Daína Chaviano. After him are Mira Nair, Jean-François Domergue, Hirokazu Tanaka, Aleksandr Tkachyov, Robert Lepage, and Lília Cabral. Among people deceased in 2021, Vladimir Kiselyov ranks 534. Before him are Leslie Bricusse, Carl von Essen, Gabriel Núñez, Bipin Rawat, Millie Hughes-Fulford, and Shawn Rhoden. After him are Virgil Abloh, Dorothy Manley, Julie Strain, Udo Zimmermann, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, and Jean-Denis Bredin.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Kiselyov ranks 2,290 out of 3,761. Before him are Yury Kazakov (1927), Dmitri Radchenko (1970), Sergei Fedorov (1969), Vytenis Andriukaitis (1951), Olga Bondarenko (1960), and Ellina Zvereva (1960). After him are Aleksandr Tkachyov (1957), Aleksandr Rogozhkin (1949), Vasily Struve (1889), Anatoly Lein (1931), Lyubov Kozyreva (1929), and Vyacheslav Bykov (1960).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Vladimir Kiselyov ranks 83. Before him are Vera Komisova (1953), Leonid Shcherbakov (1927), Galina Gorokhova (1938), Nadezhda Olizarenko (1953), Olga Bondarenko (1960), and Ellina Zvereva (1960). After him are Vladimir Nevzorov (1952), Vyacheslav Vedenin (1941), Antonina Lazareva (1941), Ludmila Engquist (1964), Lyudmila Titova (1946), and Konstantin Volkov (1960).

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