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German Sveshnikov

1937 - 2003

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German Sveshnikov (Russian: Герман Александрович Свешников; 11 May 1937 – 9 June 2003) was a Soviet fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1968 Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. German Sveshnikov is the 1,323rd most popular athlete (down from 1,148th in 2019), the 2,038th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,136th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, German Sveshnikov ranks 1,323 out of 6,025. Before him are André Jousseaume, Wilhelm Leichum, Ira Murchison, Joseph Vissers, Ingemar Hedberg, and Frank Schepke. After him are Roberto Battaglia, Jackson Scholz, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Viljo Heino, and Ine Schäffer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, German Sveshnikov ranks 429. Before him are Pierluigi Chicca, Giorgi Shengelaia, Walter Graf, Birju Maharaj, Tore Eriksson, and Anatoly Karatsuba. After him are Francesco Janich, Gennadi Gusarov, Alfredo Rojas, Carlos Campos, Yuri Maslyukov, and Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő. Among people deceased in 2003, German Sveshnikov ranks 278. Before him are Felix Kaspar, Izzat Ghazzawi, Lana Clarkson, Fritz Spengler, Buddy Hackett, and Arne Skouen. After him are Walter J. Ong, Vera Ralston, Jaime Ramírez, Jonathan Brandis, Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur, and Ottorino Volonterio.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, German Sveshnikov ranks 2,038 out of 3,761. Before him are Lev Mei (1822), Victor Borisov-Musatov (1870), Vladimir Gostyukhin (1946), Aleksandr Gerasimov (1881), Maya Kristalinskaya (1932), and Fazu Aliyeva (1932). After him are Sergei Avdeyev (1956), Alexei Ulanov (1947), Gennadi Gusarov (1937), Yevgeniy Chazov (1929), Sergei Starostin (1953), and Pyotr Mamonov (1951).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, German Sveshnikov ranks 58. Before him are Aleksandr Timoshinin (1948), José García (null), Igor Novikov (1929), Lyudmila Kondratyeva (1958), Aleksandr Aksinin (1954), and Nina Fyodorova (1947). After him are Galina Gorokhova (1938), Lyudmila Pinayeva (1936), Olga Bondarenko (1960), Vladimir Kiselyov (1957), Boris Stenin (1935), and Valentin Gavrilov (1946).

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