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David Rigert

1947 - Today

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David Adamovich Rigert (Russian: Давид Ада́мович Ри́герт; born 12 March 1947) is a retired Soviet weightlifter and weightlifting coach of Austrian ancestry. During his career he set 65 ratified world records and won an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and six world titles. In 1999 he was inducted to the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Rigert is the 1,383rd most popular athlete (down from 1,050th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (up from 71st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Kazakhstani Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, David Rigert ranks 1,383 out of 6,025. Before him are Mirko Sandić, Elaine Thompson, Károly Wieland, Paula Marosi, Karl Johan Svensson, and Per-Erik Hedlund. After him are Tadeusz Ślusarski, Henry Louis Hudson, Jan Werner, Emil Kellenberger, Kaarlo Kangasniemi, and Andrzej Zieliński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, David Rigert ranks 639. Before him are Françoise Demulder, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Sara Paretsky, Shmuel Rosenthal, Valdir Espinosa, and Christine Stückelberger. After him are Volodymyr Troshkin, Giuseppe Savoldi, Gérard Collomb, Stuart Hameroff, Torsten Palm, and Bernie Leadon.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, David Rigert ranks 68 out of 193. Before him are Vladimir Burtsev (1862), Karim Massimov (1965), Ken Alibek (1950), Shaken Aimanov (1914), Älihan Smaiylov (1972), and Joseph Werth (1952). After him are Imangali Tasmagambetov (1956), Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (1951), Sergei Lukyanenko (1968), Näcip Cihanov (1911), Serhiy Skachenko (1972), and Yakov Rylsky (1928).

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Among ATHLETES In Kazakhstan

Among athletes born in Kazakhstan, David Rigert ranks 3. Before him are Anatoly Khrapaty (1962), and Veniamin Soldatenko (1939). After him are Olga Shishigina (1968), Vladimir Muravyov (1959), Grigoriy Yegorov (1967), Liu Yang (null), Olga Rypakova (1984), Dmitriy Karpov (1981), Yermakhan Ibraimov (1972), Tatyana Lesovaya (1956), and Leticia (null).

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