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Irena Szewińska

1946 - 2018

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Irena Szewińska (née Kirszenstein; Polish pronunciation: [iˈrɛna ʂɛˈviɲska]; 24 May 1946 – 29 June 2018) was a Polish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost track athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events. She won a total of seven Olympic medals including three golds. She is the only athlete in history, male or female, to have held the world record in the 100 m, the 200 m and the 400 m events. She was voted the Polish Sports Personality of the Year four times. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irena Szewińska is the 54th most popular athlete (up from 80th in 2019), the 553rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 728th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Irena Szewińska ranks 54 out of 6,025. Before her are Alvin Kraenzlein, Sohn Kee-chung, Aladár Gerevich, Leonidas of Rhodes, Barbara, and Arthur Blake. After her are Lucas, John Woodruff, Richard Sheldon, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Reggie Walker, and Lasse Virén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Irena Szewińska ranks 165. Before her are Artur Jorge, Fancy, Robby Krieger, Aziz Sancar, Alejandro Toledo, and Anthony Daniels. After her are Brigitte Fossey, Alpha Oumar Konaré, Paul Schrader, Tony Levin, Alison Steadman, and Héctor Yazalde. Among people deceased in 2018, Irena Szewińska ranks 93. Before her are Alan Baker, Gene Sharp, Alan Bean, E. C. George Sudarshan, Henri Michel, and Efraín Ríos Montt. After her are Hayden White, David Goodall, Odvar Nordli, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Samir Amin, and Oskar Gröning.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Irena Szewińska ranks 553 out of 3,761. Before her are Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (1846), Andrei Karlov (1954), Zeki Velidi Togan (1890), Boris Pugo (1937), Wilhelm Voigt (1849), and John of Kronstadt (1829). After her are Natalia Pushkina (1812), Xenia of Saint Petersburg (1719), Gabdulkhay Akhatov (1927), Markian Popov (1902), Konstantin Simonov (1915), and Patriarch Filaret of Moscow (1553).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Irena Szewińska ranks 1. After her are Yuriy Sedykh (1955), Vasily Alekseyev (1942), Valeriy Brumel (1942), Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Elvīra Ozoliņa (1939), Nadezhda Olizarenko (1953), Vera Krepkina (1933), Nadezhda Chizhova (1945), Yelena Isinbayeva (1982), Nina Ponomaryova (1929), and Vsevolod Bobrov (1922).

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