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Lia Manoliu

1932 - 1998

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Lia Manoliu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈli.a manoˈli.u]; 25 April 1932 – 9 January 1998) was a Romanian discus thrower who won one gold and two bronze Olympic medals. She was the first track and field athlete to compete at six Olympics (1952–1972). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lia Manoliu is the 171st most popular athlete (up from 189th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Moldova (up from 28th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Moldovan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lia Manoliu ranks 171 out of 6,025. Before her are Vera Krepkina, Karl Röderer, Thomas Hicks, Ethel Smith, Joseph Guillemot, and Jim Bausch. After her are Johan Grøttumsbråten, Giuseppe Moioli, Saïd Aouita, Ecaterina Oancia, Gaston Reiff, and Naoto Tajima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Lia Manoliu ranks 185. Before her are Nichelle Nichols, Miloslav Vlk, Richard Lester, Hassan Al-Turabi, John Hillerman, and Jean-Pierre Marielle. After her are Richard Estes, Harry Gregg, Horst Eckel, Karen Demirchyan, Vladimir Voinovich, and Alexander Kluge. Among people deceased in 1998, Lia Manoliu ranks 114. Before her are Barry Goldwater, Bruno Munari, Birger Ruud, Otto Baum, Yuri Artyukhin, and Ramón Sampedro. After her are Mary Cartwright, Jorge Pacheco Areco, Sani Abacha, Joan Hickson, Olivier Gendebien, and Åke Seyffarth.

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In Moldova

Among people born in Moldova, Lia Manoliu ranks 25 out of 107. Before her are Alexey Shchusev (1873), Jerzy Neyman (1894), Lev Berg (1876), Meir Dizengoff (1861), Eugenio Coșeriu (1921), and Vladimir Albitsky (1891). After her are Nikolay Zelinsky (1861), Mihai Ghimpu (1951), Grigory Kotovsky (1881), Gary Bertini (1927), Anastasia Golovina (1850), and Svetlana Toma (1947).

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Among ATHLETES In Moldova

Among athletes born in Moldova, Lia Manoliu ranks 2. Before her are Douglas (null). After her are Tudor Casapu (1963), Natalia Valeeva (1969), Carlos Silva (null), Denis Vieru (1996), Victor Ciobanu (1992), Sergiu Toma (1987), Alexandra Camenșcic (1988), Cristina Iovu (1992), Sofia Polcanova (1994), and Alexandra Mîrca (1993).

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