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Nina Otkalenko

1928 - 2015

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Nina Grigoryevna Otkalenko (née Pletnyova; Russian: Нина Григорьевна Откаленко; 23 May 1928 – 13 May 2015) was a Soviet middle-distance runner. She won a European title in the 800 m at the inaugural 1954 European Athletics Championships and set multiple world records in this event in 1951–54. She missed the 1952 and 1956 Olympics, where women's middle-distance events were not part of the program, and the 1960 Olympics due to an injury. In the 1950s Otkalenko became the most successful record breaker in the women's 800 m event. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nina Otkalenko is the 1,508th most popular athlete (down from 1,404th in 2019), the 2,134th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,253rd in 2019) and the 67th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nina Otkalenko ranks 1,508 out of 6,025. Before her are Romas Ubartas, Carl Bertilsson, Nino, Vincent Matthews, Max Stiepl, and Arthur Schnabel. After her are Oskar Olsen, William Hogenson, Arno Bieberstein, Jutta Heine, Finn Haunstoft, and Jiří Lanský.

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Among people born in 1928, Nina Otkalenko ranks 482. Before her are Karin Söder, Michelle Perrot, Věra Růžičková, Maggie McNamara, Ellen Niit, and Ivan Bohdan. After her are Finn Haunstoft, Kate Wilhelm, Clu Gulager, Yakov Rylsky, Gregory Walcott, and Manuel Muñoz. Among people deceased in 2015, Nina Otkalenko ranks 392. Before her are Josefa Francisco, Thelma Coyne Long, James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, Errol Brown, Martin Litchfield West, and Elsa Cayat. After her are Maria Vicol, Dobrosav Krstić, Ron Moody, Jiří Hledík, Herberto Hélder, and Stephan Beckenbauer.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nina Otkalenko ranks 2,134 out of 3,761. Before her are Roald Sagdeev (1932), Karl Ludwig Littrow (1811), Lidiya Tseraskaya (1855), Anastasia Zavorotnyuk (1971), Gregory Ratoff (1897), and Vladimir Andreyev (1930). After her are Denis Cheryshev (1990), Fyodor Volkov (1729), Zyzz (1989), Sylvi Saimo (1914), Aleksandr Tkachyov (1957), and Pavel Shternberg (1865).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Nina Otkalenko ranks 67. Before her are Olga Bondarenko (1960), Vladimir Kiselyov (1957), Boris Stenin (1935), Valentin Gavrilov (1946), Viktor Mamatov (1937), and Vitold Kreyer (1932). After her are Sylvi Saimo (1914), Mark Rakita (1938), Yuriy Lituyev (1925), Antonina Seredina (1929), Vladimir Belousov (1946), and Vladimir Nevzorov (1952).

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