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Elvīra Ozoliņa

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Elvīra Anatoļjevna Ozoliņa (Russian: Эльвира Анатольевна Озолина, born 8 October 1939) is a retired Soviet javelin thrower. In 1960 she won gold medal with an Olympic Record of 55.98 m and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. Between 1960 and 1963 she set three world records. In 1964 she became the first woman to surpass 60 m (61.38 m, at Soviet Championships), but this result was not ratified as a world record by IAAF. In the 1964 Olympic final she fouled her last four attempts and finished in a disappointing fifth place. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elvīra Ozoliņa is the 112th most popular athlete (down from 106th in 2019), the 761st most popular biography from Russia (up from 836th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Elvīra Ozoliņa ranks 112 out of 6,025. Before her are John Taylor, Irina Press, Eric Liddell, Tommie Smith, Ken Carpenter, and Pyotr Bolotnikov. After her are Joe Rantz, Frank Zane, Rudolf Bauer, Fred Newhouse, John Rimmer, and Robert Shavlakadze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Elvīra Ozoliņa ranks 157. Before her are Festus Mogae, Irina Press, Josef Abrhám, Robert Hansen, Hércules Brito Ruas, and Yves Boisset. After her are Karen Black, Vladimir Menshov, Adelardo Rodríguez, Michu Meszaros, Jalaluddin Haqqani, and Grace Slick.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Elvīra Ozoliņa ranks 761 out of 3,761. Before her are Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Yevgeny Dragunov (1920), Ivan Vinogradov (1891), Boris Gromov (1943), Talabuga (1300), and Yury Grigorovich (1927). After her are Vera Figner (1852), Erich von Drygalski (1865), Aleksandra Pakhmutova (1929), Ivan Susanin (1501), Sergei Dovlatov (1941), and Arkady Gaidar (1904).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Elvīra Ozoliņa ranks 6. Before her are Irena Szewińska (1946), Yuriy Sedykh (1955), Vasily Alekseyev (1942), Valeriy Brumel (1942), and Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930). After her are Nadezhda Olizarenko (1953), Vera Krepkina (1933), Nadezhda Chizhova (1945), Yelena Isinbayeva (1982), Nina Ponomaryova (1929), and Vsevolod Bobrov (1922).

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