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Vera Zozulya

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Vera Zozulya (Russian: Вера Васильевна Зозуля, Latvian: Vera Zozuļa; born 15 January 1956 in Talsi, Latvian SSR) is a Soviet luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Zozulya also won a complete set of medals in the women's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in 1978, a silver in 1977, and a bronze in 1981. At the FIL European Luge Championships, she won two medals in the women's singles event with a gold in 1976 and a bronze in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vera Zozulya is the 2,208th most popular athlete (up from 2,501st in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 211th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Latvian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vera Zozulya ranks 2,208 out of 6,025. Before her are Tatyana Lebedeva, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Alevtina Olyunina, Dave Wottle, Fyodor Simashev, and Christine Scheiblich. After her are Tatyana Goyshchik, Michel Knuysen, Simon Dickie, Arto Bryggare, Torben Grael, and Michael Wenden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Vera Zozulya ranks 555. Before her are Mike McCallum, Yodrak Salakjai, Tim Paterson, Georgi Bliznashki, Hou Yu-ih, and Viv Anderson. After her are Patrick Leonard, Vasile Pușcașu, Kent Nilsson, Marian Woronin, Marianne Thyssen, and Shashi Tharoor.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Vera Zozulya ranks 200 out of 323. Before her are Māris Gailis (1951), Jānis Akuraters (1876), Roberts Zīle (1958), Nikolai Ekk (1902), Ivans Klementjevs (1960), and Einars Repše (1961). After her are Alvis Hermanis (1965), Guntars Krasts (1957), Jānis Ķipurs (1958), Andris Šķēle (1958), Vitālijs Astafjevs (1971), and Jānis Timma (1992).

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Among ATHLETES In Latvia

Among athletes born in Latvia, Vera Zozulya ranks 11. Before her are Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947), Ursula Donath (1931), Dainis Kūla (1959), Juris Silovs (1950), George Gulack (1905), and Aigars Fadejevs (1975). After her are Jānis Ķipurs (1958), Inta Kļimoviča (1951), Ilmārs Bricis (1970), Andrejs Rastorgujevs (1988), Alexander Yegorov (null), and Ineta Radēviča (1981).

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