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Ellina Zvereva

1960 - Today

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Ellina Aleksandrovna Zvereva (Belarusian: Эліна Зверава; born 16 November 1960 in Dolgoprudny) is a Belarusian former discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She became world champion in 1995, and again in 2001 after the disqualification of Natalya Sadova. Her victory in 2001 made her the oldest World Champion ever, at 40 years and 269 days. Her personal best is 71.58m. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ellina Zvereva is the 1,742nd most popular athlete (down from 1,496th in 2019), the 2,227th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,289th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ellina Zvereva ranks 1,742 out of 6,025. Before her are Robert Hennet, Gelindo Bordin, Ruurd Leegstra, Doris Maletzki, Christina Heinich, and Nils Hellsten. After her are Randy Matson, Willie Davenport, Julius Sang, Hermanus Brockmann, Barney Ewell, and Tijjani Reijnders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Ellina Zvereva ranks 388. Before her are Da-Wen Sun, Olivier Gruner, Brad Garrett, Luciano Ligabue, Svetlana Kitić, and Moussa Faki. After her are Eva Dahlgren, Alexei Kudrin, Karim Rashid, Neo Rauch, Stanley Tong, and Oliveira Gonçalves.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ellina Zvereva ranks 2,227 out of 3,761. Before her are Andrei Panin (1962), Ivan Fomin (1872), Aleksandr Adabashyan (1945), Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (1907), Vladislav Krapivin (1938), and Vissarion (1961). After her are Yury Usachov (1957), Lyudmila Shishova (1940), Alexander Popov (1971), Boris Mayorov (1938), Andrei Fayt (1903), and Algis Budrys (1931).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Ellina Zvereva ranks 75. Before her are Mark Rakita (1938), Yuriy Lituyev (1925), Antonina Seredina (1929), Vladimir Belousov (1946), Vladimir Nevzorov (1952), and Maria Golubnichaya (1924). After her are Aleksandr Klepikov (1950), Ivan Kizimov (1928), Vyacheslav Vedenin (1941), Yury Zaitsev (1951), Nadezhda Ilyina (1949), and Olga Kuzenkova (1970).

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