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Vera Sokolova

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Vera Aleksandrovna Sokolova (Russian: Вера Александровна Соколова; born June 8, 1987, in Solianoy, Morgaushsky District, Chuvash Republic) is a Russian race walker. A gold medalist on the track at World Youth and European Junior level, she won her first major senior medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, taking the 20 km road walk bronze medal. She also represented Russia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. She won the 2011 Russian Winter Walking Championships in Sochi with a world record in the 20 km road walk of 1:25:08, knocking 33 seconds off the former record set by Olimpiada Ivanova in the 2005 World Championships final. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vera Sokolova is the 5,565th most popular athlete (up from 5,947th in 2019), the 3,556th most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,655th in 2019) and the 358th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vera Sokolova ranks 5,565 out of 6,025. Before her are Dana Hussain, Harrie Smolders, Masoud Azizi, Luo Yutong, Dale Begg-Smith, and Michael Carruth. After her are Kang Min-ho, Pang Qianyu, Dola Banerjee, Kira Walkenhorst, Shira Rishony, and Serguey Torres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Vera Sokolova ranks 1,320. Before her are Shigeru Yokotani, Katelin Guregian, Kristin Cavallari, Lucas Chiaretti, Dominic Maroh, and Ruan Lufei. After her are Max Heinzer, Zane Holtz, Serguey Torres, Iban Iyanga, Pearl Mackie, and Raúl Rodríguez.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vera Sokolova ranks 3,556 out of 3,761. Before her are Ekaterina Bobrova (1990), Gleb Galperin (1985), Igor Kurnosov (1985), Daria Shmeleva (1994), Yury Prilukov (1984), and Danila Izotov (1991). After her are Niyaz Ilyasov (1995), Alexey Volkov (1988), Ilya Nikulin (1982), Anna Lazareva (1997), Adelina Zagidullina (1993), and Fedor Tyutin (1983).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Vera Sokolova ranks 358. Before her are Anna Bogdanova (1984), Khasanbi Taov (1977), Yelena Migunova (1984), Maxim Maksimov (1979), Magomedkhan Magomedov (1998), and Gleb Galperin (1985). After her are Alexey Volkov (1988), Kirill Denisov (1988), Nikolay Kruglov Jr. (1981), Tatiana Akimova (1990), Anna Frolina (1984), and Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht (1985).

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