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Lyubov Gurina

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Lyubov Mikhailovna Gurina (Russian: Любовь Гурина; born 6 August 1957 in Matushkino, Kirov Oblast) is a retired middle-distance runner who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. Competing mainly in the 800 metres, in 1994 she became the oldest European Champion at the age of 37. In addition, she co-holds the world record in the rarely contested 4 × 800 metres relay, with 7:50.17 set in 1984. Gurina is a three-time World Athletics Championships medallist in the 800 metres, with silvers in 1983 and 1993, and bronze in 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lyubov Gurina is the 2,452nd most popular athlete (down from 2,413th in 2019), the 2,580th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,625th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lyubov Gurina ranks 2,452 out of 6,025. Before her are Peter Mueller, Gloria Siebert, Ralf Schumann, Vladimír Růžička, Richard Allen, and Edward Barrett. After her are Gerard Nijboer, Abubaker Kaki Khamis, Johann Passler, Tatyana Kolpakova, Rusty Wailes, and Sergey Makarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Lyubov Gurina ranks 584. Before her are Plamen Markov, Michael Foale, Joan Benoit, Paweł Huelle, Dani Levy, and Keena Rothhammer. After her are Kazuhito Mochizuki, Irina Nazarova, Elmar Borrmann, Alberto Alesina, Bill Fagerbakke, and Cam Clarke.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lyubov Gurina ranks 2,580 out of 3,761. Before her are Aleksandr Kabanov (1948), Olena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova (1960), Vladimir Vdovichenkov (1971), Marina Klimova (1966), Yanka Dyagileva (1966), and Lev Psakhis (1958). After her are Sergey Makarov (1973), Irina Nazarova (1957), Dmitry Tursunov (1982), Alexei Yagudin (1980), Rustem Khamitov (1954), and Dmitry Bykov (1967).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Lyubov Gurina ranks 132. Before her are Nikolai Sologubov (1924), Nailya Gilyazova (1953), Vyacheslav Ivanenko (1961), Yelena Yelesina (1970), Aleksandr Kabanov (1948), and Olena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova (1960). After her are Sergey Makarov (1973), Irina Nazarova (1957), Konstantin Volkov (1960), Mikhail Burtsev (1956), Tatyana Providokhina (1953), and Olga Nazarova (1965).

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