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Alexander Melentyev

1954 - 2015

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Alexander Remmovich Melentyev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ре́ммович Меле́нтьев; 27 June 1954 – 16 February 2015) was a Soviet competitive sport shooter who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. The world record he set in 1980 remained unbeaten for 34 years. He was the first Olympic gold medalist from Kyrgyzstan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Melentyev is the 2,683rd most popular athlete (down from 2,634th in 2019), the 2,693rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,719th in 2019) and the 155th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alexander Melentyev ranks 2,683 out of 6,025. Before him are Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Anna Carin Zidek, Ray Stewart, Estela Rodríguez, Dayron Robles, and Olga Chernyavskaya. After him are Selina Gasparin, Kim Woo-jin, Alastair McCorquodale, Grigoriy Yegorov, Stephanie Graf, and Philippe Omnès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Alexander Melentyev ranks 666. Before him are Guillermo Mendizábal, Felice Mariani, Paul McNamee, Benny Kohlberg, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Tommy Tuberville. After him are Pete Souza, Susana Trimarco, Rakhshān Banietemad, Zdzisław Kapka, Mustapha Kouici, and Phil Thompson. Among people deceased in 2015, Alexander Melentyev ranks 524. Before him are Maria Radner, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Alberto Nisman, Lucjan Lis, Leon Brittan, and Eugenie Clark. After him are Svetlana Kitova, Bud Yorkin, Andraé Crouch, Bob Johnston, Pedro Zerolo, and Dickie Moore.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Melentyev ranks 2,693 out of 3,761. Before him are Sultan Ibragimov (1975), Arsen Fadzaev (1962), Yuliya Snigir (1983), Sergey Sirotkin (1995), Maryna Bazanova (1962), and Olga Chernyavskaya (1963). After him are Zlata Ognevich (1986), Alexei Gusarov (1964), Andrey Malakhov (1972), Vladimir Beschastnykh (1974), Roman Shirokov (1981), and Aysen Nikolayev (1972).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Alexander Melentyev ranks 155. Before him are Svetlana Feofanova (1980), Yuriy Tyukalov (1930), Svetlana Ishmouratova (1972), Yuliya Pechonkina (1978), Valeriy Borchin (1986), and Olga Chernyavskaya (1963). After him are Grigory Kiriyenko (1965), Irina Belova (1968), Olimpiada Ivanova (1970), Irina Kalinina (1959), Sergei Mylnikov (1958), and Israil Arsamakov (1962).

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