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Nadezhda Chizhova

1945 - Today

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Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova (Russian: Надежда Владимировна Чижова, born 29 September 1945) is a retired Russian shot putter who won three Olympic medals and four European titles, and set seven new world records. She became the first woman to break both the 20 m (66 ft) and 21 m (69 ft) barriers. She retired after the 1976 Olympics and later worked as athletics coach in Saint Petersburg. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nadezhda Chizhova is the 219th most popular athlete (up from 257th in 2019), the 1,013th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,337th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nadezhda Chizhova ranks 219 out of 6,025. Before her are Otto Herschmann, Magnar Solberg, William Stevenson, Parry O'Brien, Rosemarie Ackermann, and Armin Hary. After her are Bob King, Bill Holland, Aleksander Klumberg, Ralph Boston, Lina Radke, and Herma Bauma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Nadezhda Chizhova ranks 255. Before her are Shulamith Firestone, Sam Webb, Herman van Veen, Ian Stewart, David Chase, and Erik De Vlaeminck. After her are George Eaton, Bob Seger, David D. Friedman, Brett Lunger, Awad Hamed al-Bandar, and Dragan Holcer.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nadezhda Chizhova ranks 1,013 out of 3,761. Before her are Zinaida Greceanîi (1956), Alexander Zinoviev (1922), Anatoli Boukreev (1958), Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov (1907), Arkady Rotenberg (1951), and Nikolai Zverev (1832). After her are Theophan the Recluse (1815), Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia (1850), Dmitry Pisarev (1840), Boris Barnet (1902), Fyodor Sergeyev (1883), and Eleanor of Prussia (1583).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Nadezhda Chizhova ranks 9. Before her are Vasily Alekseyev (1942), Valeriy Brumel (1942), Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Elvīra Ozoliņa (1939), Nadezhda Olizarenko (1953), and Vera Krepkina (1933). After her are Yelena Isinbayeva (1982), Nina Ponomaryova (1929), Vsevolod Bobrov (1922), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1938), Galina Zybina (1931), and Sergey Litvinov (1958).

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