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Vladimir Kiselyov

1957 - 2021

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Vladimir Viktorovich Kiselyov (Russian: Владимир Викторович Киселёв; Ukrainian: Володимир Вікторович Кисельов; sometimes listed as Volodymyr Kyselyov 1 January 1957 – 7 January 2021) was a Soviet-born Ukrainian athlete who mainly competed in the shot put during his career. He competed for the USSR in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union where he won the gold medal in the men's shot put event. In 1985, Kiselyov lost 25 kg (55 lbs) and almost died as a result of past use of prohibited substances, specifically testosterone. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Kiselyov is the 1,417th most popular athlete (up from 1,501st in 2019), the 2,093rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,290th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vladimir Kiselyov ranks 1,417 out of 6,025. Before him are Guido Balzarini, Wang Yi, Dorothea Wierer, Jack Cameron, Ebbe Parsner, and Rodrigo. After him are Anna-Maria Müller, Ronnie Ray Smith, John Emery, Bob Clotworthy, Siegrun Siegl, and Ferdinand Feyerick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Vladimir Kiselyov ranks 366. Before him are Daniel Scioli, Andrew Wakefield, Nana Visitor, François Legault, Jake E. Lee, and Franco Frattini. After him are José Reinaldo de Lima, Bob Ehrlich, John Howe, Sitara Achakzai, Lawrence Bender, and Nick de Firmian. Among people deceased in 2021, Vladimir Kiselyov ranks 504. Before him are Dorothy Manley, Marco Maciel, Bonfoh Abass, Gabriel Núñez, Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, and Monte Hellman. After him are Sarah Harding, Chris Dickerson, Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Michael K. Williams, Pepi Bader, and Keri Hulme.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Kiselyov ranks 2,093 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev (1952), Alexei Kasatonov (1959), Boris Borisovich Golitsyn (1862), Aleksandr Laveykin (1951), Aleksandr Gorshkov (1946), and Olga Knyazeva (1954). After him are Vladimir Martynov (1946), Ratmir Kholmov (1925), Vitaly Tseshkovsky (1944), Viktor Konovalenko (1938), Boris Stenin (1935), and Timofey Granovsky (1813).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Vladimir Kiselyov ranks 62. Before him are Aleksandr Aksinin (1954), Nina Fyodorova (1947), German Sveshnikov (1937), Galina Gorokhova (1938), Lyudmila Pinayeva (1936), and Olga Bondarenko (1960). After him are Boris Stenin (1935), Valentin Gavrilov (1946), Viktor Mamatov (1937), Vitold Kreyer (1932), Nina Otkalenko (1928), and Sylvi Saimo (1914).

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