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Pavel Kolobkov

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Pavel Anatolyevich Kolobkov (Russian: Павел Анатольевич Колобков; born 22 September 1969) is a Russian (and formerly Soviet) retired épée fencer. He won one gold, two silver and three bronze medals at five Olympic Games from 1988 to 2004. Kolobkov served as Russia's representative to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) until 2015 when WADA declared the Russian Anti-Doping Agency to be non-compliant, and he was barred from serving as a representative to WADA. He served as the Russian Minister of Sport from 2016 to 2020, when he was dismissed from the position by President Putin. He also previously served as the Russian Deputy Minister of Sport as well as the Russian Deputy Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Pavel Kolobkov is the 146th most popular fencer (down from 143rd in 2024), the 2,643rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,642nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Pavel Kolobkov ranks 146 out of 349. Before him are Valentina Vezzali, Wladimir Resnitschenko, Pascal Jolyot, Lech Koziejowski, György Nébald, and Imre Bujdosó. After him are Éric Srecki, Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Albert Bogen, Fabio Dal Zotto, Ulrich Schreck, and Pál Szekeres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Pavel Kolobkov ranks 570. Before him are Meredith Monroe, Mikhail Porechenkov, Eduardo Paes, Princess Rym Ali, Anu Aggarwal, and Roy Hargrove. After him are Chisato Moritaka, Nick Moran, Ashley Jensen, Liu Wang, Ha Hee-ra, and Max Martini.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pavel Kolobkov ranks 2,643 out of 3,761. Before him are Pavel Pogrebnyak (1983), Marina Kosheveya (1960), Alexander Vedernikov (1964), Oleg Dolmatov (1948), Leonid Yudasin (1959), and Viktor Yakushev (1937). After him are Valentin Yudashkin (1963), Maria Kirilenko (1987), Svetlana Paramygina (1965), Nina Sublatti (1995), Olga Slavnikova (1957), and Daria Gavrilova (1994).

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Among FENCERS In Russia

Among fencers born in Russia, Pavel Kolobkov ranks 14. Before him are Olga Knyazeva (1954), Vladimir Nazlymov (1945), Viktor Krovopuskov (1948), Lyudmila Shishova (1940), Yury Sisikin (1937), and Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja (1945). After him are Svetlana Boyko (1972), Andrey Shuvalov (1965), Stanislav Pozdnyakov (1973), Dmitry Shevchenko (1967), Sergey Sharikov (1974), and Aleksey Frosin (1978).

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