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Leonid Zhabotinsky

1938 - 2016

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Leonid Ivanovich Zhabotinsky (Ukrainian: Леонiд Іванович Жаботинський; 28 January 1938 – 14 January 2016) was a Soviet weightlifter who set 19 world records in the superheavyweight class, and won gold medals at the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonid Zhabotinsky is the 474th most popular athlete (down from 344th in 2019), the 575th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 611th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Ukrainian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Leonid Zhabotinsky ranks 474 out of 6,025Before him are Platt Adams, Mike Conley Sr., Vince Gallagher, Maurice Verdonck, Renate Stecher, and Anne-Marie Colchen. After him are Eliud Kipchoge, Rudolf Burkert, Władysław Kozakiewicz, Henri Jobier, Yevgeny Grishin, and Grete Waitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Leonid Zhabotinsky ranks 319Before him are Peter Snell, Werner Olk, Anna Wierzbicka, Clement Quartey, Charles Starkweather, and James Gunn. After him are Hermann Huppen, Boris Melnikov, Boris Mikhailov, Paul Morrissey, Anar Rzayev, and Tommy Chong. Among people deceased in 2016, Leonid Zhabotinsky ranks 269Before him are Paul Kantner, Sharon Jones, Vladimir Zeldin, Jon Polito, Ioannis Grivas, and Lupita Tovar. After him are Lúcio Lara, Sushil Koirala, Bill Mollison, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, László Sárosi, and Yang Jiang.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Leonid Zhabotinsky ranks 575 out of 1,365Before him are Lydia Lipkowska (1882), Alfreda Markowska (1926), Gheorghe Asachi (1788), Mykhailo Boychuk (1882), Vasyl Makukh (1927), and Aleksandr Bogomolets (1881). After him are Vladimir Semichastny (1924), Maria Guleghina (1959), Yuri Ilyenko (1936), Serhiy Rebrov (1974), Nicholas Charnetsky (1884), and Nikolay Girs (1820).

Among ATHLETES In Ukraine

Among athletes born in Ukraine, Leonid Zhabotinsky ranks 13Before him are Vladimir Kuts (1927), Viorica Viscopoleanu (1939), Galina Chistyakova (1962), Faina Melnik (1945), Inessa Kravets (1966), and Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904). After him are Nadezhda Tkachenko (1948), Yevhen Arzhanov (1948), Lidiya Alfeyeva (1946), Mykola Avilov (1948), Vladimír Syrovátka (1908), and Mária Gulácsy (1941).