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Maksim Opalev

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Maksim Alexandrovich Opalev (Russian: Максим Александрович Опалев; born 4 April 1979) is a retired Russian sprint canoeist. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he has won a complete set of medals in the C-1 500 m event (gold: 2008, silver: 2000, bronze: 2004). Opalev's potential was evident when he won two gold medals as a sixteen-year-old at the 1995 World Junior Championships in Yamanashi, Japan. Competing against opponents two years older than himself he won the C-2 1000 m title (with Konstantin Fomichev) as well as the C-4 500 m gold. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maksim Opalev is the 4,416th most popular athlete (up from 4,745th in 2019), the 3,274th most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,403rd in 2019) and the 273rd most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Maksim Opalev ranks 4,416 out of 6,025. Before him are Luciana Diniz, Andreas Birnbacher, Michele Didoni, Matic Osovnikar, Lance Deal, and Adrien Hardy. After him are Nuria Fernández, Lindsey Van, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, Hugo Descat, Pierre Vaultier, and Meng Guanliang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Maksim Opalev ranks 1,035. Before him are Juan Manuel Vivaldi, Nobuki Hara, Hideyuki Ujiie, Patrice Bernier, Ahmed Salah Hosny, and Tian Liang. After him are Craig Olejnik, Jaci Velasquez, Fabrice Abriel, Jorginho, Brahim Asloum, and Franco Brienza.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Maksim Opalev ranks 3,274 out of 3,761. Before him are Egor Kreed (1994), Magomedrasul Majidov (1986), Vladimir Tarasenko (1991), Maxim Vylegzhanin (1982), Patimat Abakarova (1994), and Renal Ganeyev (1985). After him are Oleg Ivanov (1986), Vladimir Maminov (1974), Sebastian Bayer (1986), Albert Selimov (1986), Kate Grigorieva (1989), and Yuliya Gavrilova (1989).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Maksim Opalev ranks 273. Before him are Olesya Zykina (1980), Darya Pishchalnikova (1985), Ivan Tcherezov (1980), Ilya Bryzgalov (1980), Viktor Maigourov (1969), and Alexandra Stepanova (1995). After him are Sebastian Bayer (1986), Olga Vilukhina (1988), Olga Kucherenko (1985), Rustam Assakalov (1984), Mikhail Kuznetsov (1985), and Andrey Moiseyev (1979).

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