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Vladimir Salnikov

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Vladimir Valeryevich Salnikov (Russian: Владимир Валерьевич Сальников; born 21 May 1960) is a Russian former freestyle swimmer who set 20 world records in the 400, 800 and 1,500 metre events. Nicknamed the "Tsar of the Pool", "Monster of the Waves" and "Leningrad Express", he was the first person to swim under fifteen minutes in the 1500 m freestyle and also the first person to swim under eight minutes in the 800 m freestyle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Salnikov has received more than 89,387 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Vladimir Salnikov is the 38th most popular swimmer (up from 52nd in 2019), the 1,839th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,687th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Swimmer.

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  • 45.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Vladimir Salnikov ranks 38 out of 392. Before him are Ian Thorpe, George Hodgson, Max Schöne, Hilde Schrader, Albina Osipowich, and Åke Borg. After him are Tetsuo Okamoto, Erich Rademacher, Judit Temes, Jean Taris, Helen Johns, and Jimmy McLane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Vladimir Salnikov ranks 278. Before him are Robert John Burke, Apa Sherpa, Pedro Pasculli, Alfred Gusenbauer, Cathy Moriarty, and Ivan Gudelj. After him are Neal Morse, Gilbert Diendéré, Jozef Chovanec, Delio Rossi, Željko Šturanović, and Simon Fuller.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Salnikov ranks 1,839 out of 3,262. Before him are Viktor Konovalenko (1938), Boris Kurakin (1676), Vladimir Kiselyov (1957), Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov (1875), Boris Lisunov (1898), and Albert Razin (1940). After him are Alexei Mordashov (1965), Pavel Sadyrin (1942), Orest Khvolson (1852), Vladimir Levenshtein (1935), Yelena Vyalbe (1968), and Andrei Bukin (1957).

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Among SWIMMERS In Russia

Among swimmers born in Russia, Vladimir Salnikov ranks 2. Before him are Alexander Popov (1971). After him are Oscar Grégoire (1877), Yuliya Yefimova (1992), Natalia Ishchenko (1986), Denis Pankratov (1974), Igor Polyansky (1967), Svetlana Romashina (1989), Anastasia Davydova (1983), Vladimir Morozov (1992), Anastasiya Yermakova (1983), and Kliment Kolesnikov (2000).

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