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Sultan Rakhmanov

1950 - 2003

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Sultan Saburovych Rakhmanov (Ukrainian: Султан Сабурович Рахманов; 6 July 1950 – 5 May 2003) was an Olympic weightlifter for the USSR who won the gold medal in the super heavyweight class of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Sultan Rakhmanov won the super heavyweight gold medal in 1980 in Moscow when his legendary teammate Vasily Alekseyev was eliminated after he failed three times to snatch 180 kg. Rakhmanov made 6 perfect lifts to score a decisive victory at the 1980 Olympics. He also won gold medals at the World Weightlifting Championships in 1979 and 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sultan Rakhmanov is the 2,100th most popular athlete (down from 1,594th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Uzbekistani Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sultan Rakhmanov ranks 2,100 out of 6,025. Before him are Luis Martínez, Pam Kilborn, Nikolai Puchkov, Medea Jugeli, Kurt Lundquist, and Gabriele Rossetti. After him are Kalevi Oikarainen, Brahim Boutayeb, Ozren Bonačić, Ben Jipcho, George Hutson, and Georges Johin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Sultan Rakhmanov ranks 600. Before him are Deepa Mehta, Makio Akiyama, Stanisław Szozda, Pier Carlo Padoan, Svetla Otsetova, and Libor Radimec. After him are Marie Bergman, Erin Gray, Mario Osbén, Viktor Zvyahintsev, Anthimos Kapsis, and George Fenton. Among people deceased in 2003, Sultan Rakhmanov ranks 340. Before him are Robert Detweiler, Robert John Braidwood, Lou Harrison, C. Douglas Dillon, Sheb Wooley, and Karen Morley. After him are Rajko Žižić, Trevor Goddard, Dezső Lemhényi, Georgi Vladimov, Kathleen Raine, and Steve O'Rourke.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Sultan Rakhmanov ranks 84 out of 190. Before him are Dina Rubina (1953), Rustem Umerov (1982), Eldor Shomurodov (1995), Dmitry Kharatyan (1960), Radion Gataullin (1965), and Vasilis Hatzipanagis (1954). After him are Rustam Kasimdzhanov (1979), Server Djeparov (1982), Boris Nadezhdin (1963), Elvira Saadi (1952), Alik Sakharov (1959), and Ruslan Chagaev (1978).

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Among ATHLETES In Uzbekistan

Among athletes born in Uzbekistan, Sultan Rakhmanov ranks 3. Before him are Natalya Shikolenko (1964), and Radion Gataullin (1965). After him are Sergey Belyayev (1960), Tatyana Kotova (1976), Abdullo Tangriev (1981), Hasanboy Dusmatov (1993), Marina Shmonina (1965), Michael Kolganov (1974), Leilia Adzhametova (1994), Ruslan Nurudinov (1991), and Kim Yeong-nam (null).

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