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Viktor Tikhonov

1930 - 2014

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Viktor Vasilyevich Tikhonov (Russian: Виктор Васильевич Тихонов; 4 June 1930 – 24 November 2014) was a Russian ice hockey player and coach. Tikhonov was a defenceman with VVS Moscow and Dynamo Moscow from 1949 to 1963, winning four national championships. He was the coach of the Soviet team when it was the dominant team in international play, winning eight World Championship gold medals, as well as Olympic gold medals in 1984, 1988 and 1992. Tikhonov also led CSKA Moscow to twelve consecutive league championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Tikhonov is the 7th most popular hockey player (down from 5th in 2019), the 885th most popular biography from Russia (down from 746th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 7 out of 676. Before him are Wayne Gretzky, Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe, Vladislav Tretiak, Valeri Kharlamov, and Václav Nedomanský. After him are Jaromír Jágr, Jiří Holeček, Phil Esposito, Stan Mikita, Mario Lemieux, and Lal Bokhari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 204. Before him are Anthony Steffen, Paul Veyne, Venantino Venantini, Arnaldo Ochoa, Jan P. Syse, and Clifford Brown. After him are Clive Revill, Yuan Longping, Israel Kirzner, Goro Shimura, Yuri Artyukhin, and Kalevi Sorsa. Among people deceased in 2014, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 151. Before him are Vasily Petrov, Marie Dubois, Emmanuel III Delly, Marco Cé, Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and José Policarpo. After him are Gerd Albrecht, Richard Bull, Kumba Ialá, Efua Dorkenoo, Yitzhak Hofi, and Dezső Novák.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 885 out of 3,761. Before him are Vera Yevstafievna Popova (1867), Fyodor Sologub (1863), Marfa Sobakina (1552), Nina Bari (1901), Alfred Clebsch (1833), and Marat Safin (1980). After him are Nadezhda Olizarenko (1953), Igor Ansoff (1918), Léonide Massine (1896), Yerofey Khabarov (1603), Yury Romanenko (1944), and Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (1894).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Viktor Tikhonov ranks 3. Before him are Vladislav Tretiak (1952), and Valeri Kharlamov (1948). After him are Viacheslav Fetisov (1958), Alexander Ovechkin (1985), Igor Larionov (1960), Sergei Makarov (1958), Vladimir Petrov (1947), Alexander Yakushev (1947), Alexei Kasatonov (1959), Viktor Konovalenko (1938), and Pavel Bure (1971).

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