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Elena Belova

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Elena Dmitriyevna Novikova-Belova (Russian: Елена Дмитриевна Новикова-Белова, née Novikova, born 28 July 1947) is a retired Russian foil fencer, known professionally simply as Elena Belova. She competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics in the individual and team events and won four gold, one silver and one bronze medal, becoming the first female fencer to win four Olympic gold medals. She nearly won a fifth gold in 1976, but lost her last pool match to the last-placed fencer. Belova also won eight world titles, individually in 1969, and with the Soviet team in 1970–1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elena Belova is the 60th most popular fencer (down from 11th in 2019), the 1,710th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,282nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Elena Belova ranks 60 out of 349. Before her are René Lemoine, György Piller, Léon Sée, Ellen Preis, Valentina Rastvorova, and Viktor Zhdanovich. After her are Yves Dreyfus, Charles Collignon, Georges Buchard, Sándor Pósta, Gilbert Bougnol, and Bruno Habārovs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Elena Belova ranks 507. Before her are Mike Burton, Alexander Tikhonov, Dave Davies, Robin Dunbar, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, and Yuri Matiyasevich. After her are Bob Evans, Nurlan Balgimbayev, Terry Griffiths, Emiel Puttemans, Gregory Chaitin, and John Mayhew.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Elena Belova ranks 1,710 out of 3,761. Before her are Yakov Sannikov (1780), Marina Ladynina (1908), Viktor Zhdanovich (1938), Kirill Petrenko (1972), Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807), and Yuri Matiyasevich (1947). After her are Vsevolod of Pskov (null), Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903), Lev Chernyi (1890), Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1857), Albert Coates (1882), and Alexander Fersman (1883).

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Among FENCERS In Russia

Among fencers born in Russia, Elena Belova ranks 4. Before her are Alexandra Zabelina (1937), Valentina Prudskova (1938), and Viktor Zhdanovich (1938). After her are Alexandr Romankov (1953), Viktor Sidyak (1943), Umyar Mavlikhanov (1937), Olga Knyazeva (1954), Vladimir Nazlymov (1945), Viktor Krovopuskov (1948), Lyudmila Shishova (1940), and Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja (1945).

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