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Rita Achkina

1938 - Today

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Rita Nikolayevna Achkina (Russian: Рита Николаевна Ачкина; born 1 February 1938) is a retired Belarusian cross-country skier. In 1965 she won the 5 km, 10 km and 3 × 5 km relay events at the Soviet championships. Next year she earned two medals at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 3 × 5 km relay and a bronze in the 5 km. She competed in these two events at the 1968 Winter Olympics and won a bronze medal in the relay, placing sixth individually. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rita Achkina is the 1,842nd most popular athlete (down from 1,620th in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Belarus (up from 186th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belarusian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rita Achkina ranks 1,842 out of 6,025. Before her are Juhani Suutarinen, Harold Smith, Curtis Stevens, Teodor Kocerka, Willie Applegarth, and Lyudmila Titova. After her are Earl Eby, Basil Heatley, Yevgeny Maskinskov, Jan Mrvík, Jesse Mashburn, and John Hunter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Rita Achkina ranks 532. Before her are Jorge Manicera, Nikolay Smaga, Judy Blume, Jorge Mendonça, Sheila Dikshit, and Alton Ellis. After her are Achim Müller, Heidi Schmid, Marilyn Ferguson, Carlos Contreras, Luisa Valenzuela, and Napoleon Chagnon.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Rita Achkina ranks 181 out of 368. Before her are Aleksandr Dedyushko (1962), Gennady Novitsky (1949), Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko (1938), Viktar Babaryka (1963), Darya Domracheva (1986), and Valentina Stenina (1934). After her are Andrei Sannikov (1954), Max Mirnyi (1977), Aleksandr Volodin (1919), Iryna Yatchenko (1965), Viktor Kupreichik (1949), and Andrei Zygmantovich (1962).

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Among ATHLETES In Belarus

Among athletes born in Belarus, Rita Achkina ranks 7. Before her are Romuald Klim (1933), Tamara Tyshkevich (1931), Vasily Rudenkov (1931), Nikolai Gorbachev (1948), Leonid Taranenko (1956), and Darya Domracheva (1986). After her are Iryna Yatchenko (1965), Nadzeya Ostapchuk (1980), Andrei Mikhnevich (1976), Igor Astapkovich (1963), Aleksandr Kurlovich (1961), and Ivan Tsikhan (1976).

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