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Leonid Spirin

1932 - 1982

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Leonid Vasilevich Spirin (Russian: Леонид Васильевич Спирин, 21 June 1932 – 23 February 1982) was a Russian athlete who competed for the Soviet Union. He was born in Zhavoronki. He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 20 kilometer walk where he won the gold medal. Spirin was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1957). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonid Spirin is the 725th most popular athlete (down from 634th in 2019), the 1,695th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,810th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Leonid Spirin ranks 725 out of 6,025. Before him are Marlene Ahrens, Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Doina Melinte, Eric Backman, Dorian Yates, and Lee Barnes. After him are Hal Brown, Antonio Conte, Władysław Komar, Joseph Stadler, Afanasijs Kuzmins, and Klaus Dibiasi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Leonid Spirin ranks 330. Before him are Lola Beltrán, Otto Schily, Yash Chopra, Vladimir Yengibaryan, Sergio Toppi, and Sanpei Shirato. After him are Marc Fumaroli, Frank Beyer, Billy Evans, Marcia Neugebauer, Richard Lugar, and Solomon W. Golomb. Among people deceased in 1982, Leonid Spirin ranks 193. Before him are Jimmy McGrory, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Yuen Ren Chao, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, Sonny Stitt, and Fernando Lamas. After him are Hendrik Wade Bode, Robert Havemann, Ramón J. Sender, Jakob Streitle, Paolo Monti, and Vladislao Cap.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Leonid Spirin ranks 1,695 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergey Lebedev (1902), Maguba Syrtlanova (1912), Aleksei Losev (1893), Vladimir Petrov (1947), Vladimir Gusinsky (1952), and Irina Khakamada (1955). After him are Aleksandr Khanzhonkov (1877), Grigory Leps (1962), Alexander Pichushkin (1974), Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov (1851), Yunus-bek Yevkurov (1963), and Petr Aven (1955).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Leonid Spirin ranks 35. Before him are Tatyana Shchelkanova (1937), Natalya Lisovskaya (1962), Lyudmila Shevtsova (1934), Maria Itkina (1932), Vladimir Melanin (1933), and Yrjö Nikkanen (1914). After him are Alexander Tikhonov (1947), Tatyana Anisimova (1949), Anatoly Mikhaylov (1936), Mark Midler (1931), Olha Bryzhina (1963), and Valeri Popenchenko (1937).

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