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Pavel Kolchin

1930 - 2010

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Pavel Konstantinovich Kolchin (sometimes spelled Pavel Koltsjin; Russian: Павел Константинович Колчин; 9 January 1930 – 29 December 2010) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the 1950s and 1960s, training at Dynamo in Moscow. He was born in Yaroslavl. He competed in two Winter Olympics, earning a total of four medals. His bronze in the 15 km (9 mi) at the 1956 Winter Olympics was the first ever medal awarded to a non-Scandinavian (Finland, Norway, and Sweden) in cross-country skiing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Kolchin is the 80th most popular skier (up from 102nd in 2019), the 1,799th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,039th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Pavel Kolchin ranks 80 out of 817. Before him are Anders Haugen, Elis Wiklund, Vladimir Smirnov, François Bonlieu, Jouko Törmänen, and Christine Goitschel. After him are Aulis Kallakorpi, Nils Karlsson, Walter Steiner, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Therese Johaug, and Toini Pöysti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Pavel Kolchin ranks 420. Before him are Smail Hamdani, Vladimir Kesarev, Anthony Downs, Ellen Schwiers, Herbie Mann, and Georg Stollenwerk. After him are Eugen Meier, Zdeněk Mlynář, Françoise Mallet-Joris, Carlos Lucas, Halszka Osmólska, and Michael J. Adams. Among people deceased in 2010, Pavel Kolchin ranks 279. Before him are Mariya Dolina, Nino Defilippis, Dick Gibson, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Daisuke Gōri, and Vladimir Maslachenko. After him are Anneliese Rothenberger, Enrique Morente, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Gianni Bonichon, Harry Vos, and Shirley Verrett.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pavel Kolchin ranks 1,799 out of 3,761. Before him are Yury Malyshev (1941), Mukhu Aliyev (1940), Tamara Rylova (1931), Boris Chicherin (1828), Alexander Markovich Polyakov (1945), and Geydar Dzhemal (1947). After him are Svetlana Kuznetsova (1985), Irina Alfyorova (1951), Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov (1900), Leonid Sobolev (1844), Dmitry Tolstoy (1823), and Mark Dvoretsky (1947).

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Among SKIERS In Russia

Among skiers born in Russia, Pavel Kolchin ranks 4. Before him are Alevtina Kolchina (1930), Galina Kulakova (1942), and Raisa Smetanina (1952). After him are Yevdokiya Mekshilo (1931), Nikolay Anikin (1932), Larisa Lazutina (1965), Yelena Vyalbe (1968), Lyubov Yegorova (1966), Alexey Prokurorov (1964), Mikhail Devyatyarov (1959), and Olga Danilova (1970).

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