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Natalya Shikolenko

1964 - 2025

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Natalya Shikolenko (Belarusian: Натальля Шыкаленка; 1 August 1964 – 15 May 2025) was a javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union and later Belarus. She won an Olympic silver medal and a World Championship gold. Shikolenko died on 15 May 2025, at the age of 60. Her sister Tatyana Shikolenko is also a successful javelin thrower, first representing Belarus but switching to Russia in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Natalya Shikolenko is the 1,249th most popular athlete (up from 2,408th in 2024), the 70th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (up from 95th in 2019) and the most popular Uzbekistani Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Natalya Shikolenko ranks 1,249 out of 6,025. Before her are Daphne Hasenjäger, Horst Meyer, Nils Täpp, Louis Kuehn, Hector Dyer, and Robert Boutigny. After her are Paul Günther, James Rector, Alfred Neveu, José García, Walter Schröder, and Ibrahim Shams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Natalya Shikolenko ranks 287. Before her are Yuriy Lutsenko, Goran Karan, Jens Weißflog, Zazie, Salizhan Sharipov, and Kikuko Inoue. After her are TobyMac, Evan Stone, Éric Bernard, Heather Langenkamp, Dana Plato, and Andy Bell. Among people deceased in 2025, Natalya Shikolenko ranks 343. Before her are Eldar Shengelaia, Alexander Dityatin, Julio César Cortés, Gérard Hausser, Mark Snow, and Edu Manga. After her are June Lockhart, Tom Lehrer, Andrija Delibašić, Frank Mill, Rudolf Belin, and Levan Gachechiladze.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Natalya Shikolenko ranks 70 out of 190. Before her are Ravshan Irmatov (1977), Lev Avnerovich Leviev (1956), Sabir Yunusov (1909), Maksim Shatskikh (1978), Salizhan Sharipov (1964), and Furqat (1858). After her are Rustam Kazakov (1947), Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev (1930), El-Registan (1899), Enver İzmaylov (1955), Galina Shamrai (1931), and Yulduz Usmonova (1963).

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Among ATHLETES In Uzbekistan

Among athletes born in Uzbekistan, Natalya Shikolenko ranks 1. After her are Radion Gataullin (1965), Sultan Rakhmanov (1950), Sergey Belyayev (1960), Tatyana Kotova (1976), Abdullo Tangriev (1981), Hasanboy Dusmatov (1993), Marina Shmonina (1965), Michael Kolganov (1974), Valery Zakharevich (1967), Leilia Adzhametova (1994), and Ruslan Nurudinov (1991).

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