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Nina Ponomaryova

1929 - 2016

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Nina Apollonovna Ponomaryova (née Romashkova; Russian: Нина Аполлоновна Пономарёва (Ромашкова); 27 April 1929 – 19 August 2016) was a Russian discus thrower and the first Soviet Olympic champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nina Ponomaryova is the 262nd most popular athlete (up from 451st in 2019), the 1,089th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,615th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nina Ponomaryova ranks 262 out of 6,025. Before her are Waldemar Cierpinski, Roger Bannister, Harold Abrahams, Gretel Bergmann, Viorica Viscopoleanu, and Silvio Cator. After her are Bill Roberts, August Nilsson, Galina Chistyakova, Ernesto Ambrosini, Josy Barthel, and Francisco Lázaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Nina Ponomaryova ranks 233. Before her are Liselotte Pulver, Barbara Walters, Roger Bannister, June Squibb, Joe Pass, and Péter Palotás. After her are Nigel Hawthorne, Jack Higgins, Kishore Kumar, Anna Walentynowicz, Liz Sheridan, and Dick Button. Among people deceased in 2016, Nina Ponomaryova ranks 206. Before her are Émile Derlin Zinsou, Arthur Hiller, Mahasweta Devi, Yūko Tsushima, Fazil Iskander, and Scotty Moore. After her are Bernard Fox, Ramón Castro Ruz, Martin Lundström, Miruts Yifter, Frank Finlay, and Ofelya Hambardzumyan.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nina Ponomaryova ranks 1,089 out of 3,761. Before her are Nikolay Rumyantsev (1754), Ghazi Muhammad (1795), George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg (1852), Igor Gouzenko (1919), Philotheus of Pskov (1465), and Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov (1912). After her are Gotthilf Hagen (1797), Alexander Kaidanovsky (1946), Pavel Kiselyov (1788), Vladimir Kramnik (1975), Yuri Norstein (1941), and Genndy Tartakovsky (1970).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Nina Ponomaryova ranks 11. Before her are Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Elvīra Ozoliņa (1939), Nadezhda Olizarenko (1953), Vera Krepkina (1933), Nadezhda Chizhova (1945), and Yelena Isinbayeva (1982). After her are Vsevolod Bobrov (1922), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1938), Galina Zybina (1931), Sergey Litvinov (1958), Veikko Hakulinen (1925), and Tatyana Kazankina (1951).

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