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Irina Press

1939 - 2004

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Irina Natanovna Press (10 March 1939 – 22 February 2004) was a Soviet athlete who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics. In 1960, she won a gold medal in the 80 m hurdles and finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay. In 1964, she finished fourth in the hurdles and sixth in the shot put, but won gold in the newly introduced pentathlon event. Together with her elder sister, Tamara, Irina set 26 world records between 1959 and 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irina Press is the 107th most popular athlete (down from 72nd in 2019), the 318th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 285th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ukrainian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Irina Press ranks 107 out of 6,025. Before her are Inese Jaunzeme, David Jacobs, Roman Steinberg, Myer Prinstein, Harry Babcock, and John Taylor. After her are Eric Liddell, Tommie Smith, Ken Carpenter, Pyotr Bolotnikov, Elvīra Ozoliņa, and Joe Rantz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Irina Press ranks 152. Before her are Norman Davies, Ali Farka Touré, Maria Bueno, Germaine Greer, Abdelmajid Lakhal, and Festus Mogae. After her are Josef Abrhám, Robert Hansen, Hércules Brito Ruas, Yves Boisset, Elvīra Ozoliņa, and Karen Black. Among people deceased in 2004, Irina Press ranks 94. Before her are Juan Carlos Aramburu, Brian Clough, Philip Abelson, Fred Lawrence Whipple, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, and Arnold Orville Beckman. After her are Ann Miller, Russ Meyer, Thomas Gold, Miklós Fehér, John Maynard Smith, and Umberto Agnelli.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Irina Press ranks 318 out of 1,365. Before her are Rostislav I of Kiev (1110), Richard Boleslawski (1889), Dmitry Manuilsky (1883), Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922), Borys Paton (1918), and Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko (1883). After her are Vitaliy Masol (1928), Georgy Beregovoy (1921), Tadeusz Borowski (1922), Nikolay Shmatko (1943), Salo Flohr (1908), and Alexius Meinong (1853).

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Among ATHLETES In Ukraine

Among athletes born in Ukraine, Irina Press ranks 3. Before her are Tamara Press (1937), and Volodymyr Holubnychy (1936). After her are Anatoliy Bondarchuk (1940), Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (1938), Viktor Tsybulenko (1930), Vladimir Kuts (1927), Viorica Viscopoleanu (1939), Galina Chistyakova (1962), Faina Melnik (1945), Inessa Kravets (1966), and Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904).

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