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Mykola Avilov

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Mykola Viktorovych Avilov (Ukrainian: Микола Вікторович Авілов, Russian: Николай Викторович Авилов, born 6 August 1948) is a retired Ukrainian Soviet decathlete who competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics. He won a gold medal in 1972, setting a new world record, a bronze in 1976, and finished fourth in 1968. He is the only Olympic champion in decathlon from the Soviet Union. Unusually tall for his time Avilov first played basketball, then changed to high jump in 1962, and only in 1966 turned to decathlon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mykola Avilov is the 626th most popular athlete (up from 689th in 2019), the 667th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 775th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Ukrainian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mykola Avilov ranks 626 out of 6,025. Before him are Milkha Singh, Jean Cau, Maurice Hemelsoet, Sueo Ōe, Glenn Hardin, and Maricica Puică. After him are William Jordan, Richard Thompson, Jean Bouin, Carl Goßler, André Gaudin, and Janne Lundblad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Mykola Avilov ranks 411. Before him are Benny Morris, Nadezhda Tkachenko, Gary Thain, Valeri Brainin, Yevhen Arzhanov, and Akira Emoto. After him are Philip Jackson, Sam Hui, Diane Ackerman, Arnie Robinson, Amani Abeid Karume, and Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Mykola Avilov ranks 667 out of 1,365. Before him are Mieczysław Horszowski (1892), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (1979), Lidiya Alfeyeva (1946), Nina Matviienko (1947), Dimitar Grekov (1847), and Leo Ornstein (1895). After him are Julian Fałat (1853), Milena Rudnytska (1892), Stanisław Ostrowski (1892), Alexandre Michon (1858), Yevgeny Petrov (1902), and Leonid Stein (1934).

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Among ATHLETES In Ukraine

Among athletes born in Ukraine, Mykola Avilov ranks 17. Before him are Inessa Kravets (1966), Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904), Leonid Zhabotinsky (1938), Nadezhda Tkachenko (1948), Yevhen Arzhanov (1948), and Lidiya Alfeyeva (1946). After him are Vladimír Syrovátka (1908), Mária Gulácsy (1941), Wiesław Maniak (1938), Valeriy Pidluzhnyy (1952), Taisia Chenchik (1936), and Leonid Bartenyev (1933).

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