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Vasily Rudenkov

1931 - 1982

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Vasily Vasilyevich Rudenkov (Belarusian: Васіль Васілевіч Рудзянкоў; Russian: Василий Васильевич Руденков; 3 May 1931 – 2 November 1982) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw. He was born in Zhlobin. Rudenkov competed for the USSR in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the hammer throw where he won the gold medal. It was his only Olympics appearance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Rudenkov is the 598th most popular athlete (up from 646th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 152nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belarusian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vasily Rudenkov ranks 598 out of 6,025. Before him are Ingrid Gulbin, Roger Beaufrand, Don Bragg, Oreste Puliti, Mel Patton, and Louis Hostin. After him are Giorgio Chiavacci, Caroline Smith, Albert Hill, Heikki Liimatainen, Ottavio Missoni, and Mikio Oda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Vasily Rudenkov ranks 327. Before him are Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, Dorothy Stang, Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Louis Pouzin, Anton Tus, and Tom Adams. After him are Imrich Stacho, Dorian Gray, Jean Philippe, Elias M. Stein, Joel Antônio Martins, and Hans Alfredson. Among people deceased in 1982, Vasily Rudenkov ranks 174. Before him are Alfons Dorfner, Carmelo Robledo, Irmgard Keun, Roberto Aballay, Juan O'Gorman, and Marietta Shaginyan. After him are Bernhard Rogge, Eino Penttilä, Hans Mock, Josef Bradl, J. B. Kripalani, and Stanisław Ostrowski.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Vasily Rudenkov ranks 140 out of 368. Before him are Moisei Ginzburg (1892), Tamara Tyshkevich (1931), Sergei Loznitsa (1964), Sergei Sidorsky (1954), Pola Raksa (1941), and Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838). After him are Roman Golovchenko (1973), Alexander Hleb (1981), Sofya Yanovskaya (1896), Lev Dovator (1903), Alaiza Pashkevich (1876), and Boris Gelfand (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In Belarus

Among athletes born in Belarus, Vasily Rudenkov ranks 3. Before him are Romuald Klim (1933), and Tamara Tyshkevich (1931). After him are Nikolai Gorbachev (1948), Leonid Taranenko (1956), Darya Domracheva (1986), Rita Achkina (1938), Iryna Yatchenko (1965), Nadzeya Ostapchuk (1980), Andrei Mikhnevich (1976), Igor Astapkovich (1963), and Aleksandr Kurlovich (1961).

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