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Aleksandr Gorshkov

1946 - 2022

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Aleksandr Georgievich Gorshkov (Russian: Александр Георгиевич Горшков, 8 October 1946 – 17 November 2022) was a Russian ice dancer who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With his wife Lyudmila Pakhomova, he was the 1976 Olympic champion. They were also six-time World Champions (1970–74, 1976), as well as six-time European champions (1970–71, 1973–76), which makes them the most decorated athletes all-time at both events in the pair discipline. Since 2010 and until his death, Gorshkov served as the president of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FFKKR). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Gorshkov is the 101st most popular skater (up from 102nd in 2019), the 2,091st most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,175th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Russian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Aleksandr Gorshkov ranks 101 out of 483. Before him are Vera Ralston, Hana Mašková, Yuna Kim, Sissy Schwarz, Nancy Kerrigan, and Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev. After him are Paul Falk, Carol Heiss, Sten Stensen, Jeanne Ashworth, Lassi Parkkinen, and Steven Bradbury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Aleksandr Gorshkov ranks 613. Before him are Jo Jo White, Oganes Zanazanyan, Nader Al-Dahabi, Jan Werner, Marina Lewycka, and Thelma Houston. After him are Thomas Nordahl, Vladimir Martynov, José Lai, Ronnie Lane, Rodrigo Valdez, and Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei. Among people deceased in 2022, Aleksandr Gorshkov ranks 479. Before him are Ramsey Lewis, Paula Marosi, Oleksandr Sydorenko, Franco Frattini, Kang Soo-yeon, and Michel Deguy. After him are John Emery, Leonid Shvartsman, Anita Gradin, Abuzed Omar Dorda, Géza Csapó, and Manuel Göttsching.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Gorshkov ranks 2,091 out of 3,761. Before him are Dmitri Radchenko (1970), Yuri Artsutanov (1929), Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev (1952), Alexei Kasatonov (1959), Boris Borisovich Golitsyn (1862), and Aleksandr Laveykin (1951). After him are Olga Knyazeva (1954), Vladimir Kiselyov (1957), Vladimir Martynov (1946), Ratmir Kholmov (1925), Vitaly Tseshkovsky (1944), and Viktor Konovalenko (1938).

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Among SKATERS In Russia

Among skaters born in Russia, Aleksandr Gorshkov ranks 12. Before him are Klara Guseva (1937), Viktor Kosichkin (1938), Nikolai Panin (1872), Sergei Grinkov (1967), Alexei Ulanov (1947), and Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev (1952). After him are Ekaterina Gordeeva (1971), Eteri Tutberidze (1974), Kira Ivanova (1963), Natalia Bestemianova (1960), Andrei Bukin (1957), and Irina Slutskaya (1979).

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