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Viktor Kosichkin

1938 - 2012

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Viktor Ivanovich Kosichkin (Russian: Виктор Иванович Косичкин; 25 February 1938 – 30 March 2012) was a speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union. Kosichkin trained at Dynamo. He participated in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. On the 5000 m, held on his 22nd birthday, he won gold, while the silver medal went to his major rival, Knut Johannesen. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Kosichkin is the 72nd most popular skater (down from 66th in 2019), the 1,812th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,883rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Viktor Kosichkin ranks 72 out of 483. Before her are Knut Johannesen, Brian Orser, Melitta Brunner, Klara Guseva, Barbara Ann Scott, and Roar Grønvold. After her are Sverre Farstad, Jacqueline du Bief, Kaija Mustonen, Hans Gerschwiler, Finn Helgesen, and Lilly Scholz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Viktor Kosichkin ranks 414. Before her are Mahmoud El-Gohary, András Balczó, Tibor Csernai, Ahmet Ayık, Teresa Stratas, and Jacques Diouf. After her are Halina Górecka, Diana Muldaur, Ajdar Ismailov, Friedhelm Konietzka, Marcel Artelesa, and Halit Akçatepe. Among people deceased in 2012, Viktor Kosichkin ranks 305. Before her are Richard D. Zanuck, Nils Karlsson, Hans Nowak, Mahmoud El-Gohary, Tibor Csernai, and Lennart Samuelsson. After her are Friedhelm Konietzka, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Phyllis Diller, Klaus Köste, Ian Abercrombie, and Phillip V. Tobias.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Viktor Kosichkin ranks 1,812 out of 3,761. Before her are Sigizmund Levanevsky (1902), Stanislav Rostotsky (1922), Pelageya Shajn (1894), Nikolai Ottovich von Essen (1860), Isabella Bashmakova (1921), and Dmitry Glukhovsky (1979). After her are Dima Bilan (1981), Valeri Popenchenko (1937), Valeri Zolotukhin (1941), Alexander Vampilov (1937), Igor Ilyinsky (1901), and Feodor Gladkov (1883).

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Among SKATERS In Russia

Among skaters born in Russia, Viktor Kosichkin ranks 7. Before her are Oleg Protopopov (1932), Lidiya Skoblikova (1939), Ludmila Belousova (1935), Boris Shilkov (1927), Evgeni Plushenko (1982), and Klara Guseva (1937). After her are Nikolai Panin (1872), Sergei Grinkov (1967), Alexei Ulanov (1947), Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev (1952), Aleksandr Gorshkov (1946), and Ekaterina Gordeeva (1971).

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