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Valeri Popenchenko

1937 - 1975

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Valeri Vladimirovich Popenchenko (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Попенченко, 26 August 1937 – 15 February 1975) was a Soviet Olympic boxer who competed in the middleweight division (−75 kg). During his career he won 200 out of 213 bouts; he won an Olympic gold medal in 1964 and European titles in 1963 and 1965. He was named the Outstanding Boxer of the 1964 Olympics and given the Val Barker Trophy, becoming the only Soviet boxer to receive the honour. Popenchenko was known for his exceptional skills and agility in the ring, as well as his strong left hook. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valeri Popenchenko is the 934th most popular athlete (down from 608th in 2019), the 1,814th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,780th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Valeri Popenchenko ranks 934 out of 6,025. Before him are Ann-Britt Leyman, Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, Paula Mollenhauer, Gianni Bonichon, Valeriu Bularca, and Halina Górecka. After him are Andreas Kunz, Nikolai Gorbachev, Tarjei Bø, Conrad Magnusson, Emmett Toppino, and Remigijus Valiulis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Valeri Popenchenko ranks 384. Before him are Ernest Lluch, Brian Redman, Hans Nowak, Ezio Pascutti, Karol J. Bobko, and George Chuvalo. After him are Alexander Vampilov, Yehoshua Kenaz, Prosper Avril, Eric Arturo Delvalle, Kader Khan, and Margaret O'Brien. Among people deceased in 1975, Valeri Popenchenko ranks 194. Before him are Niginho, Otto Winzer, Heinz Müller, Paul Peter Meouchi, May Sutton, and Paul Montel. After him are Carl O. Sauer, Boris Babochkin, Rod Serling, Roberto Cortés, Masanori Yusa, and Antonio Vojak.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valeri Popenchenko ranks 1,814 out of 3,761. Before him are Pelageya Shajn (1894), Nikolai Ottovich von Essen (1860), Isabella Bashmakova (1921), Dmitry Glukhovsky (1979), Viktor Kosichkin (1938), and Dima Bilan (1981). After him are Valeri Zolotukhin (1941), Alexander Vampilov (1937), Igor Ilyinsky (1901), Feodor Gladkov (1883), Ivan Ivanov-Vano (1900), and Boris Vasilyev (1924).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Valeri Popenchenko ranks 41. Before him are Leonid Spirin (1932), Alexander Tikhonov (1947), Tatyana Anisimova (1949), Anatoly Mikhaylov (1936), Mark Midler (1931), and Olha Bryzhina (1963). After him are Viktor Kapitonov (1933), Jorma Valkama (1928), Yelena Gorchakova (1933), Anastasiya Kuzmina (1984), Vasili Kuznetsov (1932), and Irina Privalova (1968).

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