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Sergei Mylnikov

1958 - 2017

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Sergei Aleksandrovich Mylnikov (Russian: Сергей Александрович Мыльников; 6 October 1958 – 20 June 2017) was a Soviet and Russian ice hockey goaltender and coach who competed in the Soviet Hockey League, National Hockey League, and the Swedish Division 2 between 1977 and 1995. He was the first Soviet goaltender to play in the National Hockey League. He mostly played for Traktor Chelyabinsk (1976–80, 1983–89), and also briefly for SKA Leningrad (1980–82), the Quebec Nordiques (1989–90), Torpedo Yaroslavl (1991–93) and Skedvi/Säter IF (1993–95). He was a member of the Soviet national team, winning a gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics and at the 1989 and 1990 IIHF World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sergei Mylnikov is the 2,830th most popular athlete (down from 2,808th in 2019), the 2,736th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,777th in 2019) and the 161st most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sergei Mylnikov ranks 2,830 out of 6,025Before him are Maira, Archie Williams, Brahim Lahlafi, Betty Heidler, Salvatore Antibo, and Christina Obergföll. After him are Aleksandr Karshakevich, Peter Radford, Femke Bol, Kim Ki-hoon, Nafissatou Thiam, and Karsten Warholm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Sergei Mylnikov ranks 682Before him are Jeph Loeb, Christopher Dean, Laurie Bartram, Toyah Willcox, Victor Shenderovich, and Lenny Henry. After him are Scott Hamilton, Reema Lagoo, Hisao Kuramata, Adiato Djaló Nandigna, Petr Rada, and Samir Shaker. Among people deceased in 2017, Sergei Mylnikov ranks 629Before him are Francine York, Leila Seth, Willie Toweel, Roy Halladay, David Axelrod, and Ayan Sadakov. After him are Cheick Tioté, Reema Lagoo, Scott Putesky, Albert Brewer, Donna Williams, and Peggy Cummins.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sergei Mylnikov ranks 2,736 out of 3,761Before him are Sergei Bazarevich (1965), Kamila Valieva (2006), MakSim (1983), Victor Shenderovich (1958), Yulia Lipnitskaya (1998), and Ekaterina Alexandrova (1994). After him are Olga Zabelinskaya (1980), Israil Arsamakov (1962), Oleg Znarok (1963), Roman Kostomarov (1977), Aleksandra Krunić (1993), and Marat Izmailov (1982).

Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Sergei Mylnikov ranks 161Before him are Olga Chernyavskaya (1963), Alexander Melentyev (1954), Grigory Kiriyenko (1965), Irina Belova (1968), Olimpiada Ivanova (1970), and Irina Kalinina (1959). After him are Israil Arsamakov (1962), Tatyana Lysenko (1983), Yekaterina Volkova (1978), Vladimir Krylov (1964), Vladimir Alikin (1957), and Mikhail Shchennikov (1967).