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Valeriy Brumel

1942 - 2003

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Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Брумель; 14 April 1942 – 26 January 2003) was a Soviet-Russian high jumper. The 1964 Olympic champion and multiple world record holder, he is regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the high jump. His international career was ended by a motorcycle crash in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valeriy Brumel is the 87th most popular athlete (down from 53rd in 2019), the 731st most popular biography from Russia (down from 649th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Valeriy Brumel ranks 87 out of 6,025. Before him are Volodymyr Holubnychy, Jānis Lūsis, Jüri Lossmann, Charles Greene, Eddie Eagan, and Ken Matthews. After him are Friedrich Traun, Inese Jaunzeme, David Jacobs, Roman Steinberg, Myer Prinstein, and Harry Babcock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Valeriy Brumel ranks 199. Before him are Chris Hani, Kang Kek Iew, Jim Rogers, Tony Sirico, Nguyễn Minh Triết, and Pierre Clémenti. After him are Zhou Yongkang, Toyohiro Akiyama, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Michel Kafando, Aritatsu Ogi, and Chris Sarandon. Among people deceased in 2003, Valeriy Brumel ranks 92. Before him are Michael Kamen, Kinji Fukasaku, Michael P. Anderson, Janko Bobetko, Martha Scott, and Jacques Deray. After him are William Steig, Wendy Hiller, Sébastien Japrisot, Uday Hussein, Rie Mastenbroek, and Fritz Fischer.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valeriy Brumel ranks 731 out of 3,761. Before him are Caran d'Ache (1858), Sergei Sobolev (1908), Lev Rudnev (1885), Ivan Maisky (1884), Catherine of Brandenburg (1604), and Praskovia Saltykova (1664). After him are Ludmilla Tourischeva (1952), Zinaida Portnova (1926), Tikhon Khrennikov (1913), Andrei Mironov (1941), Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (1896), and Eugen Leviné (1883).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Valeriy Brumel ranks 4. Before him are Irena Szewińska (1946), Yuriy Sedykh (1955), and Vasily Alekseyev (1942). After him are Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Elvīra Ozoliņa (1939), Nadezhda Olizarenko (1953), Vera Krepkina (1933), Nadezhda Chizhova (1945), Yelena Isinbayeva (1982), Nina Ponomaryova (1929), and Vsevolod Bobrov (1922).

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