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Nikita Kryukov

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Nikita Valeryevich Kryukov (Russian: Никита Валерьевич Крюков; born 30 May 1985) is a Russian former cross-country skier who competed internationally between 2006 and 2018. He was a sprint specialist who won an Olympic gold medal, three World Championship gold medals, six World cup gold medals (three stage races, three individual World Cups), all in the sprint events. He was arguably the fastest skier ever when it came to double-poling on the flat in sprints. He generally favoured classic skiing and classic sprints over freestyle, but as he showed in winning the team sprint in the 2013 World Championship, in Val di Fiemme, he was also very strong in the freestyle sprint. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Nikita Kryukov is the 691st most popular skier (up from 709th in 2024), the 3,494th most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,504th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Russian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Nikita Kryukov ranks 691 out of 817. Before him are Zrinka Ljutić, Mats Larsson, Jörgen Brink, Arttu Lappi, Vincent Kriechmayr, and Olga Zavyalova. After him are Jiří Magál, Katja Višnar, Manfred Pranger, Cornelia Hütter, Martin Koukal, and Krista Pärmäkoski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Nikita Kryukov ranks 1,078. Before him are Marcus Böhme, Sergey Grankin, Jordi Gómez, Yekaterina Shikhova, Andreas Ekberg, and Camille Lacourt. After him are Becky Chambers, Peter Gadiot, Gediminas Bagdonas, Feng Xiaoting, Caroline Winberg, and Renan Brito Soares.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikita Kryukov ranks 3,492 out of 3,761. Before him are Varvara Gracheva (2000), Andrei Sergeyevich Semyonov (1989), Klim Shipenko (1983), and Yekaterina Shikhova (1985). After him are Yuliya Zaripova (1986), Aleksey Alipov (1975), Zelym Kotsoiev (1998), Maxim Shabalin (1982), Mariya Kozhevnikova (1984), Anastasia Baranova (1989), Vladimir Shishelov (1979), and Yelena Antonova (1974).

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Among SKIERS In Russia

Among skiers born in Russia, Nikita Kryukov ranks 29. Before him are Mikhail Ivanov (1977), Alena Zavarzina (1989), Ekaterina Vinogradova (1977), Maxim Vylegzhanin (1982), Larisa Kurkina (1973), and Olga Zavyalova (1972). After him are Yevgeniya Medvedeva (1976), Irina Khazova (1984), Sergey Ustiugov (1992), Natalya Baranova-Masalkina (1975), Irina Avvakumova (1991), and Alyona Sidko (1979).

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