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Boris Melnikov

1938 - 2022

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Boris Borisovich Melnikov (Russian: Борис Борисович Мельников; 16 May 1938 – 5 February 2022) was a Russian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Melnikov died in Saint Petersburg on 5 February 2022, at the age of 83. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Melnikov is the 467th most popular athlete (up from 1,315th in 2019), the 1,426th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,226th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Boris Melnikov ranks 467 out of 6,025. Before him are Władysław Kozakiewicz, Henri Jobier, Yevgeny Grishin, Grete Waitz, Christa Stubnick, and Alice Brown. After him are Gisela Birkemeyer, Veikko Karvonen, Betty Robinson, Veikko Kankkonen, Jean Pickering, and Rafer Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Boris Melnikov ranks 321. Before him are Anna Wierzbicka, Clement Quartey, Charles Starkweather, James Gunn, Leonid Zhabotinsky, and Hermann Huppen. After him are Boris Mikhailov, Paul Morrissey, Anar Rzayev, Tommy Chong, Herbert Achternbusch, and Michael Verhoeven. Among people deceased in 2022, Boris Melnikov ranks 293. Before him are Harrison Birtwistle, Joe E. Tata, Gerben Karstens, Joaquim Carvalho, İsmail Ogan, and Paul Herman. After him are Technoblade, Herbert Achternbusch, Henk Groot, Steinar Amundsen, Joseph Raz, and Chaim Kanievsky.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Melnikov ranks 1,426 out of 3,761. Before him are Grigory Gagarin (1810), Marina Oswald Porter (1941), Viktor Sukhorukov (1951), Nadezhda Udaltsova (1885), Yevgeny Grishin (1931), and Vladimir Filatov (1875). After him are Valentin Gaft (1935), Veikko Karvonen (1926), Serhii Plokhy (1957), Aleksey Krylov (1863), Olga Preobrajenska (1871), and Tatyana Ovechkina (1950).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Boris Melnikov ranks 25. Before him are Pavel Lednyov (1943), Renate Boy (1939), Aleksandra Chudina (1923), Olavi Mannonen (1930), Lyudmila Bragina (1943), and Yevgeny Grishin (1931). After him are Veikko Karvonen (1926), Alexander Ragulin (1941), Anatoly Alyabyev (1951), Tatyana Shchelkanova (1937), Natalya Lisovskaya (1962), and Lyudmila Shevtsova (1934).

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