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Irina Belova

1968 - Today

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Irina Nikolaevna Belova (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Белова; née Ilyichova born 27 March 1968 in Angarsk) is a retired heptathlete from Russia. In her early career she represented USSR, with a fourth place at the 1990 European Championships and a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships. Her career highlight came in 1992 as she won an Olympic silver medal. In February the same year she set the world record in indoor pentathlon with 4991 points. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Irina Belova is the 2,753rd most popular athlete (up from 3,420th in 2024), the 2,731st most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,037th in 2019) and the 157th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Irina Belova ranks 2,747 out of 6,025After her are Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, Grant Bramwell, Kim Young-ho, Vasyl Arkhypenko, Tapio Korjus, Mark McKoy, Daniel Martínez, Robert Wangila, Wanda Panfil, Tero Pitkämäki, Donald Thomas, and Abdi Bile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Irina Belova ranks 595Before her are Wu Bai, Dinara Kulibaeva, Matjaž Zupan, Daphne Koller, Rubén Gallego, and Lisa Angell. After her are Lavell Crawford, Graham Harman, Svenja Schulze, Carlos Costa, Girolamo Giovinazzo, and Ganjar Pranowo.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Irina Belova ranks 2,731 out of 3,761Before her are Elena Chizhova (1957), Igor Andreev (1983), Alexander Borodai (1972), Arkady Babchenko (1977), Grigory Kiriyenko (1965), and Valeri Broshin (1962). After her are Sergei Zalyotin (1962), Tatiana Sorokko (1971), Ilya Naishuller (1983), Alexei Yashin (1973), Maria Filatova (1961), and Oleg Vasiliev (1959).

Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Irina Belova ranks 157Before her are Svetlana Ishmouratova (1972), Yuliya Pechonkina (1978), Valeriy Borchin (1986), Olga Chernyavskaya (1963), Alexander Melentyev (1954), and Grigory Kiriyenko (1965). After her are Olimpiada Ivanova (1970), Irina Kalinina (1959), Sergei Mylnikov (1958), Israil Arsamakov (1962), Tatyana Lysenko (1983), and Yekaterina Volkova (1978).