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Nina Rocheva

1948 - 2022

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Nina Petrovna Rocheva (Russian: Нина Петровна Рочева, née Selyunina; 13 October 1948 – 8 January 2022) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed from 1978 to 1980. She won a silver medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Rocheva also earned two medals in the 4 × 5 km relay at the world ski championships: gold (under her maiden name Selyunina at the 1974 Championships in Falun, Sweden, and bronze at the 1978 World Championships in Lahti, Finland. She was married to the Soviet Olympic champion in cross-country skiing Vasily (Pavlovich) Rochev, she is the mother of Russian cross-country skier Vasily (Vasilyevich) Rochev, also an Olympic medalist in that discipline. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nina Rocheva is the 17,450th most popular politician (down from 17,371st in 2024), the 2,522nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,584th in 2019) and the 472nd most popular Russian Politician.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Nina Rocheva ranks 698. Before her are Howard Dean, Juan José Muñante, Karel Neffe, Horacio López Salgado, Rainer Schmidt, and Hilarion Kapral. After her are Kristina Hautala, Trevor Brooking, Antonio Biosca, Lester Bangs, Cliff Thorburn, and Guy Tunmer. Among people deceased in 2022, Nina Rocheva ranks 617. Before her are Francesco Rizzo, David McCullough, John Landy, Sergei Puskepalis, Bob McGrath, and Hilarion Kapral. After her are Anthony Johnson, Don Young, Albert Pobor, Josephine Tewson, Bill Lienhard, and Nel Noddings.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nina Rocheva ranks 2,522 out of 3,761. Before her are Renata Litvinova (1967), Sergei Treshchov (1958), Oleg Kopayev (1937), Ivan Udodov (1924), Vladimir Dezhurov (1962), and Alfred Kuchevsky (1931). After her are Irina Kirillova (1965), Aleksandr Uvarov (1960), Kristina Orbakaitė (1971), Andrei Cherkasov (1970), Ivan Shapovalov (1966), and Vladimir Jurowski (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Nina Rocheva ranks 472. Before her are Maksim Tarasov (1970), Marina Solodkin (1952), Igor Shuvalov (1967), Lyubov Kozyreva (1929), Herman Gref (1964), and Lyudmyla Denisova (1960). After her are Magomedsalam Magomedov (1964), Denis Manturov (1969), Sergey Menyaylo (1960), Ilya Ponomarev (1975), Pavel Grudinin (1960), and Yevgeny Roizman (1962).

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