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Viktor Markin

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Viktor Fyodorovich Markin (Russian: Виктор Фёдорович Маркин; born 23 February 1957 in the village of Oktyabrsky, Ust-Tarksky District, Novosibirsk Oblast) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. After graduating from a secondary school he went to Novosibirsk, where he entered the Faculty of Pediatrics of the Institute of Medicine. Markin started athletics only at age 19 in the athletics section by the institute, coached by Aleksandr Bukhasheyev. He remained quite unknown until the Moscow Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Viktor Markin is the 2,137th most popular athlete (down from 1,833rd in 2024), the 2,442nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,429th in 2019) and the 107th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Viktor Markin ranks 2,137 out of 6,025. Before him are George Bonhag, Joyce King, Harry Edward, Matthias Steiner, Bjarte Engen Vik, and Stefan Junge. After him are Henry Seiling, Bernhard Lehmann, Brigitte Rohde, Satymkul Dzhumanazarov, Tony Hurt, and Maryvonne Dupureur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Viktor Markin ranks 508. Before him are Pierre Laurent, Martinho Ndafa Kabi, Richard Jeni, Kathryn Hunter, Richard Florida, and Pavel Pavel. After him are Meglena Kuneva, Satoru Otomo, Héctor Zelada, Ho Iat-seng, John Wark, and Jo Jorgensen.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Viktor Markin ranks 2,442 out of 3,761. Before him are Gennadiy Shatkov (1932), Yakov Eliashberg (1946), Veniamin Alexandrov (1937), Alexander Mogilny (1969), Pavel Chukhray (1946), and Dmitry Nagiyev (1967). After him are Pavlo Klimkin (1967), Valeriya Gnarovskaya (1923), Aleksandr Lenyov (1944), Aleksandras Abišala (1955), Nikolai Durov (1980), and Maksim Tarasov (1970).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Viktor Markin ranks 107. Before him are Andrei Chemerkin (1972), Yelena Romanova (1963), Igor Nikulin (1960), Olga Mineyeva (1952), Nikolai Puchkov (1930), and Valentina Sidorova (1954). After him are Rudolf Povarnitsyn (1962), Nikolay Zimyatov (1955), Nikolay Kruglov (1950), Viktor Rashchupkin (1950), Svetlana Masterkova (1968), and Tatyana Lebedeva (1976).

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