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Sergey Koplyakov

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Sergey Viktorovich Koplyakov (Russian: Сергей Викторович Копляков; born 23 January 1959) is a Russian-Belarusian swimmer who won two gold medals competing for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Sergey Koplyakov moved into top ranks of world swimming in 1979, coming behind Vladimir Salnikov, Andrey Krylov and Volodymyr Raskatov, enabling the Soviet Union to fully compete in male freestyle with American champions in the late 1970s. In sports history, Koplyakov will be the swimmer who ended 15 years of American domination in the 200 m freestyle and the first man who bested the time of 1:50 (on 7 April 1979 he achieved 1:49.83 in East Berlin). Born in Orsha, Belarus' 11th-largest city, Koplyakov debuted in 1974, at the age of 15. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sergey Koplyakov is the 229th most popular swimmer (down from 220th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 216th in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Sergey Koplyakov ranks 229 out of 709. Before him are Stephen Rerych, Ines Geissler, László Cseh, Andrea Gyarmati, Shane Gould, and Claudia Poll. After him are Shirley Babashoff, Novella Calligaris, Petra van Staveren, Shelley Mann, David Theile, and Yana Klochkova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Sergey Koplyakov ranks 604. Before him are José Leandro Ferreira, Pelle Lindbergh, Maurizio Cheli, Patrizio Oliva, Michel Dussuyer, and William R. Moses. After him are Markus Büchel, Hortência Marcari, Marcel Coraș, Sjaak Troost, Andre Phillips, and Kathy Jordan.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Sergey Koplyakov ranks 208 out of 368. Before him are Vladimir Parfenovich (1958), Svetlana Boginskaya (1973), Siarhei Tsikhanouski (1978), Vasil Kiryienka (1981), Vyacheslav Yanovskiy (1957), and Syarhey Rumas (1969). After him are Roman Protasevich (1995), Natallia Sazanovich (1973), Oleg Logvin (1959), Andrei Arlovski (1979), Pavel Sheremet (1971), and Alyona Lanskaya (1985).

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Among SWIMMERS In Belarus

Among swimmers born in Belarus, Sergey Koplyakov ranks 1. After him are Aliaksandra Herasimenia (1985), Yelena Rudkovskaya (1973), Ilya Shymanovich (1994), Yauhen Tsurkin (1990), Anastasiya Shkurdai (2003), Mikita Tsmyh (1997), Vasilina Khandoshka (2001), and Alina Zmushka (1997).

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