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Nikolay Smaga

1938 - 1981

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Nikolay Yakovlevich Smaga (Russian: Николай Яковлевич Смага, Ukrainian: Микола Якович Смага; 22 August 1938 – 29 March 1981) was a Soviet athlete from Ukraine who competed mainly in the 20 kilometer walk. He trained at VSS Trud in Penza and later at VSS Avanhard in Kiev. He competed for the USSR in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 20 kilometer walk where he won the bronze medal. He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1968). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolay Smaga is the 1,786th most popular athlete (down from 1,294th in 2019). (down from 4,381st in 2019)

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Among athletes, Nikolay Smaga ranks 1,786 out of 6,025. Before him are Eric Carlberg, Claude Piquemal, Nadezhda Ilyina, Olga Kuzenkova, Yury Sisikin, and Grigory Mkrtychan. After him are Tyson Gay, Meinhard Nehmer, Pierre Blondiaux, Reinhold Durnthaler, Harald Hein, and Kalle Jalkanen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Nikolay Smaga ranks 527. Before him are Robert Zollitsch, Phillip Griffiths, David Owen, Boris Mayorov, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, and Jorge Manicera. After him are Judy Blume, Jorge Mendonça, Sheila Dikshit, Alton Ellis, Rita Achkina, and Achim Müller. Among people deceased in 1981, Nikolay Smaga ranks 251. Before him are Eric Williams, Kazimierz Kordylewski, Big Walter Horton, Dragutin Najdanović, Ioachim Moldoveanu, and Harry Warren. After him are Ann Harding, Ernesto Prinoth, Alberto Héber Usher, Howard Hanson, James Corson, and Delfo Cabrera.

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