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Mariya Pinigina

1958 - Today

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Mariya Dzhumabaevna Pinigina (Мария Джумабаевна Пинигина, née Kulchunova; born 9 February 1958 in Ivanovka, Kyrgyz SSR) is a former Olympic athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres, training at Spartak in Kyiv. She represented the Soviet Union. Pinigina competed for USSR in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea in the 4 × 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her teammates 400 m hurdles silver medalist Tatyana Ledovskaya, 400 m bronze medalist Olga Nazarova and olympic 400 m champion Olga Bryzgina. That USSR relay team set a new world record of 3:15.17 minutes which is still unbeaten. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mariya Pinigina is the 1,980th most popular athlete (down from 1,780th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Kyrgyzstan (up from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Kirghiz Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mariya Pinigina ranks 1,980 out of 6,025. Before her are Lutz Dombrowski, Horatio Fitch, Lillian Copeland, Hennadiy Avdyeyenko, Pyrros Dimas, and Karl Neumer. After her are Valery Muratov, Arvid Spångberg, Natalya Sokolova, Joaquim Cruz, Liv Grete Skjelbreid, and Hayley Wickenheiser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Mariya Pinigina ranks 444. Before her are Andy, Ellen Ochoa, Michael Robinson, John Metgod, Sabri Boukadoum, and Jeannie Pepper. After her are Reg E. Cathey, Frank Ullrich, Derek Riggs, Bill Berry, Mick Karn, and Etienne De Wilde.

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In Kyrgyzstan

Among people born in Kyrgyzstan, Mariya Pinigina ranks 28 out of 62. Before her are Abdylas Maldybaev (1906), Ishenbai Kadyrbekov (1949), Akylbek Japarov (1965), Djoomart Otorbaev (1955), Zhantoro Satybaldiyev (1956), and Murat Zyazikov (1957). After her are Valentina Shevchenko (1988), Dinara Asanova (1942), Azim Isabekov (1960), Vladimir Maksimov (1945), Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (1951), and Kubatbek Boronov (1964).

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Among ATHLETES In Kyrgyzstan

Among athletes born in Kyrgyzstan, Mariya Pinigina ranks 1. After her are Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (1951), Igor Paklin (1963), Tatyana Kolpakova (1959), Nikolay Chernetskiy (1959), Ryan Murphy (null), Maiya Maneza (1985), Lilli Schwarzkopf (1983), Aisuluu Tynybekova (1993), Zholaman Sharshenbekov (1999), Meerim Zhumanazarova (1999), and Uzur Dzhuzupbekov (1996).

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