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Valentina Nikonova

1952 - Today

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Valentina Nikonova (Russian: Валентина Геннадьевна Никонова; born 5 March 1952) is a Soviet fencer. She won a gold medal in the women's team foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Valentina Nikonova is the 2,243rd most popular athlete (up from 2,323rd in 2024), the 2,513th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,600th in 2019) and the 117th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Valentina Nikonova ranks 2,243 out of 6,025. Before her are Katrin Krabbe, Lesley Ashburner, Spyridon Belokas, Pertti Purhonen, Rod Milburn, and Rainer Schmidt. After her are Aldo Ghira, Arto Härkönen, Edward Ferry, Sven Fischer, Jack Pierce, and Toimi Pitkänen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Valentina Nikonova ranks 644. Before her are Tatyana Goyshchik, John Hiatt, Marcella Detroit, Juice Newton, Guillermo La Rosa, and Alice Hoffman. After her are Rudolf Kargus, Heiner Brand, Raúl González, Anastase Murekezi, Sugata Mitra, and Jack Wild.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valentina Nikonova ranks 2,513 out of 3,761. Before her are Vasily Struve (1889), Andrei Lankov (1963), Ksenia Sobchak (1981), Ruslan Gelayev (1964), Svetlana Khodchenkova (1983), and Sergei Puskepalis (1966). After her are Stanislav Bunin (1966), Yevgeni Babich (1921), Renata Litvinova (1967), Sergei Treshchov (1958), Oleg Kopayev (1937), and Ivan Udodov (1924).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Valentina Nikonova ranks 117. Before her are Viktor Rashchupkin (1950), Svetlana Masterkova (1968), Tatyana Lebedeva (1976), Fyodor Simashev (1945), Yelizaveta Bagryantseva (1929), and Serhiy Novikov (1949). After her are Ivan Udodov (1924), Anfisa Reztsova (1964), Yelena Slesarenko (1982), Yekaterina Fesenko (1958), Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (1978), and Natalya Lebedeva (1949).

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