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Nikolai Pankin

1949 - 2018

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Nikolai Ivanovich Pankin (Russian: Николай Иванович Панкин; born 2 January 1949 – 13 October 2018) was a Russian breaststroke swimmer and swimming coach. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay. In 1968 he won a bronze medal in the 100 m and narrowly missed a bronze in the 200 m; he also swam the semifinal for the Soviet medley relay team that won a bronze medal. Pankin was less successful in 1972 and 1976, and finished close to the podium in the medley relay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolai Pankin is the 152nd most popular swimmer (up from 162nd in 2019), the 2,285th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,509th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Nikolai Pankin ranks 152 out of 709. Before him are Harold Hardwick, Jeannette Campbell, Sharon Stouder, Jim Montgomery, Eleanor Garatti, and Josephine McKim. After him are Bob Skelton, Irene Steer, Hannelore Anke, Faith Leech, Felipe Muñoz, and Elemér Szathmáry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Nikolai Pankin ranks 609. Before him are Ed King, Flora Gomes, Zbigniew Gut, Ivan Stoyanov, Wenceslao Padilla, and Owen Arthur. After him are David Cross, Leslie Valiant, Jean-Jacques Favier, Jon Avnet, Ricardo Londoño, and Steve Gaines. Among people deceased in 2018, Nikolai Pankin ranks 469. Before him are Katie Boyle, Steven Bochco, Ed King, Johan van Hulst, Sabit Hadžić, and Wenceslao Padilla. After him are Antonio Munguía, Carlo Vanzina, John Perry Barlow, Geoffrey Oryema, Douglas Rain, and Benny Andersen.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Pankin ranks 2,285 out of 3,761. Before him are Viktor Vinogradov (1894), Kira Ivanova (1963), Maria Vorontsova (1985), Fedor Samokhin (1918), Aleksey Buldakov (1951), and Evgeni Berzin (1970). After him are Aleksandr Chakovsky (1913), Aleksandra Potanina (1843), Lyudmila Titova (1946), Igor Maslennikov (1931), Vilis Krištopans (1954), and Boris Shchukin (1894).

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Among SWIMMERS In Russia

Among swimmers born in Russia, Nikolai Pankin ranks 4. Before him are Oscar Grégoire (1877), Vladimir Salnikov (1960), and Alexander Popov (1971). After him are Igor Polyansky (1967), Denis Pankratov (1974), Nina Zhivanevskaya (1977), Anastasia Davydova (1983), Natalia Ishchenko (1986), Yuliya Yefimova (1992), Arkady Vyatchanin (1984), and Svetlana Romashina (1989).

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