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Valentina Prudskova

1938 - 2020

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Valentina Aleksandrovna Prudskova (Russian: Валентина Александровна Прудскова; 27 December 1938 – 23 August 2020) was a Soviet fencer. She won gold in the women's team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Prudskova's mother, Zinaida Nikolaevna Prudskova, was a farmer and housewife. Her father, Aleksandr Petrovich Prudskov, worked at railways and fought in the Winter War and World War II; he died of pneumonia in 1950, aged 40. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valentina Prudskova is the 52nd most popular fencer (up from 89th in 2019), the 1,660th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,219th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Valentina Prudskova ranks 52 out of 349. Before her are Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Christian Noël, Attila Petschauer, Michel Pécheux, Luigi Cantone, and Jean Stern. After her are Gilles Berolatti, René Lemoine, György Piller, Léon Sée, Ellen Preis, and Valentina Rastvorova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Valentina Prudskova ranks 373. Before her are Yvonne Rüegg, Timo Mäkinen, Judith Rich Harris, Tony Renis, Johnny Tillotson, and Bahram Beyzai. After her are Rika Zaraï, Fred Williamson, Christiane Hörbiger, Waheeda Rehman, Prince Buster, and Bennie Muller. Among people deceased in 2020, Valentina Prudskova ranks 409. Before her are Peter Takeo Okada, Pim Doesburg, Fernando Atzori, Vatroslav Mimica, Marcello Abbado, and Pamela Tiffin. After her are Rika Zaraï, Lê Khả Phiêu, Rajendra K. Pachauri, Mohammad Mirmohammadi, Mike Resnick, and Saeb Erekat.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valentina Prudskova ranks 1,660 out of 3,761. Before her are Eugene Kaspersky (1965), Galina Starovoytova (1946), Natalia Bessmertnova (1941), Mark Zakharov (1933), Mikhail Popkov (1964), and Viktoria Mullova (1959). After her are Yuri Shevchuk (1957), Klara Rumyanova (1929), Tatyana Tolstaya (1951), Albert Razin (1940), Vera Panova (1905), and Vasily Stasov (1769).

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Among FENCERS In Russia

Among fencers born in Russia, Valentina Prudskova ranks 2. Before her are Alexandra Zabelina (1937). After her are Viktor Zhdanovich (1938), Elena Belova (1947), Alexandr Romankov (1953), Viktor Sidyak (1943), Umyar Mavlikhanov (1937), Olga Knyazeva (1954), Vladimir Nazlymov (1945), Viktor Krovopuskov (1948), Lyudmila Shishova (1940), and Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja (1945).

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