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Alexander Parygin

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Alexander Parygin (Russian: Александр Владимирович Парыгин, romanized: Aleksandr Vladimirovich Parygin, born 25 April 1973) is a Kazakhstani-Australian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he won the individual gold medal. He competed for Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and finished 27th overall. He initially qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but his qualification was called into question by the British team for failing to meet the minimum number of points required to be eligible (as his qualification took place at the Oceanian Championship in Tokyo, where the show jumping segment was called off after an outbreak of equine flu; however, the Australian Olympic Committee initially insisted he had met the requirements), and was eventually revoked by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Alexander Parygin is the 4,224th most popular athlete (down from 2,965th in 2024), the 146th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (down from 113th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Kazakhstani Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alexander Parygin ranks 4,224 out of 6,025. Before him are Kinga Czigány, Steven Hallard, Kristian Blummenfelt, Sebastian Brendel, David Storl, and Kevin Robinzine. After him are Steffen Peters, Al MacInnis, Filip Adamski, Carl Oliver, Phylis Smith, and Roman Dostál.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Alexander Parygin ranks 997. Before him are Masha Katz, Rosen Kirilov, Claudia Tagbo, Kiyotaka Ishimaru, Alexandra Quinn, and Nikša Kaleb. After him are Mohamed Allalou, Kenji Oshiba, Katrin Meissner, Pascal Touron, Angelica Bridges, and Pekka Himanen.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Alexander Parygin ranks 146 out of 193. Before him are Ilya Ilyin (1988), Samat Smakov (1978), Mukhtar Tleuberdi (1968), Ömürbek Babanov (1970), Evgeny Yarovenko (1963), and Hidayet Heydarov (1997). After him are Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (1981), Dmitriy Gaag (1971), Samal Yeslyamova (1984), Assan Bazayev (1981), Nikolay Chebotko (1982), and Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (1976).

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Among ATHLETES In Kazakhstan

Among athletes born in Kazakhstan, Alexander Parygin ranks 18. Before him are Vitaliy Savin (1966), Igor Potapovich (1967), Eduard Hämäläinen (1969), Bakhtiyar Artayev (1983), Ilya Ilyin (1988), and Hidayet Heydarov (1997). After him are Dmitriy Gaag (1971), Zulfiya Chinshanlo (1993), Marina Aitova (1982), Lee Dong-jun (null), Galib Jafarov (1978), and Demeu Zhadrayev (1989).

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