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Lyudmila Shevtsova

1934 - Today

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Lyudmila Ivanovna Gurevitch (nee Shevtsova later Lysenko; born 26 November 1934) is a retired Russian-Ukrainian athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres. On 3 July 1960, she set a world record in this event at 2 min 4.3 seconds. She equaled this time while winning the 800 m gold at the 1960 Olympics two months later. Two Australians, Brenda Jones and Dixie Willis led the race. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lyudmila Shevtsova is the 574th most popular athlete (down from 454th in 2019), the 1,524th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,650th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lyudmila Shevtsova ranks 574 out of 6,025. Before her are Marc Wright, Teodor Koskenniemi, Ioannis Persakis, Galina Bystrova, James Juvenal, and Frederick Lorz. After her are Ingrid Gulbin, Roger Beaufrand, Don Bragg, Oreste Puliti, Mel Patton, and Louis Hostin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Lyudmila Shevtsova ranks 313. Before her are Gleb Panfilov, Phan Văn Khải, Roy Kerr, Nikolai Slichenko, Marc Rich, and Galina Bystrova. After her are Dick Boushka, Hamit Kaplan, Ole Madsen, Eva-Maria Hagen, Jacek Kuroń, and Zaid ibn Shaker.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lyudmila Shevtsova ranks 1,524 out of 3,761. Before her are Veikko Huhtanen (1919), Nikolai Roslavets (1881), Gavriil Kachalin (1911), Victor Motschulsky (1810), Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov (1854), and Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1898). After her are Oleg Losev (1903), Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792), Léon Poliakov (1910), Osip Brik (1888), Vladimir Krutov (1960), and Abraham of Smolensk (1172).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Lyudmila Shevtsova ranks 31. Before her are Boris Melnikov (1938), Veikko Karvonen (1926), Alexander Ragulin (1941), Anatoly Alyabyev (1951), Tatyana Shchelkanova (1937), and Natalya Lisovskaya (1962). After her are Maria Itkina (1932), Vladimir Melanin (1933), Yrjö Nikkanen (1914), Leonid Spirin (1932), Alexander Tikhonov (1947), and Tatyana Anisimova (1949).

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