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Igor Nikulin

1960 - 2021

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Igor Yuriyevich Nikulin (Russian: Игорь Юрьевич Никулин; 14 August 1960 – 7 November 2021) was a hammer thrower who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Nikulin's U23 world record of 83.54 m, set 2 September 1982 in Athens, put him 2nd in the world of all time behind Sergey Litvinov's 83.98 m. His personal best of 84.48 m was set on 12 July 1990 in Lausanne currently putting him 7th of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Igor Nikulin is the 2,061st most popular athlete (up from 2,202nd in 2019), the 2,386th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,546th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Igor Nikulin ranks 2,061 out of 6,025. Before him are Franco Trincavelli, Désiré Beaurain, Alejandro Casañas, Jānis Bojārs, Chira Apostol, and Barbara Sobotta. After him are George Campbell, Janet Simpson, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Mór Kóczán, Olga Mineyeva, and Fiona May.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Igor Nikulin ranks 459. Before him are Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis, Tim Mayotte, Karita Mattila, Masoumeh Ebtekar, Azim Isabekov, and Chira Apostol. After him are Takashi Mizunuma, Nigella Lawson, Tomas Jonsson, Maria Schneider, Comandanta Ramona, and Igor Presnyakov. Among people deceased in 2021, Igor Nikulin ranks 594. Before him are Conn Findlay, Umberto Colombo, Millie Hughes-Fulford, Catherine Tizard, Lester Bird, and Tawny Kitaen. After him are Markie Post, Igor Zhelezovski, John Konrads, Andrew Vachss, Valentina Sidorova, and Mario Osbén.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor Nikulin ranks 2,386 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Povetkin (1979), Yelena Romanova (1963), Daria Kasatkina (1997), Oleg Zhakov (1905), Igor Korobov (1956), and Eugene Roshal (1972). After him are Kostya Tszyu (1969), Mikhail Anikushin (1917), Olga Mineyeva (1952), Boris Kuznetsov (1928), Aleksandr Bashirov (1955), and Valeriya (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Igor Nikulin ranks 103. Before him are Valery Muratov (1946), Natalya Sokolova (1949), Antonina Lazareva (1941), Yevgeni Mayorov (1938), Aleksey Spiridonov (1951), and Yelena Romanova (1963). After him are Olga Mineyeva (1952), Nikolai Puchkov (1930), Valentina Sidorova (1954), Viktor Markin (1957), Rudolf Povarnitsyn (1962), and Nikolay Zimyatov (1955).

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