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Vladimir Kuts

1927 - 1975

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Volodymyr Petrovych Kuts (Ukrainian: Володимир Петрович Куц, Russian: Владимир Петрович Куц, 7 February 1927 – 16 August 1975) was a Soviet long-distance runner. He won the 5000 and 10000 m races at the 1956 Olympics, setting Olympic records in both events. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Kuts is the 255th most popular athlete (down from 89th in 2019), the 443rd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 310th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Ukrainian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vladimir Kuts ranks 255 out of 6,025Before him are Jüri Tarmak, Charles Frédéric Petit, Viktor Tsybulenko, Yelena Isinbayeva, Charley Borah, and Adolfo Consolini. After him are Waldemar Cierpinski, Roger Bannister, Harold Abrahams, Gretel Bergmann, Viorica Viscopoleanu, and Silvio Cator.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Vladimir Kuts ranks 192Before him are Gisèle Halimi, Eugene Parker, Patti Page, Per Oscarsson, Florencio Campomanes, and Éva Székely. After him are Gary Bertini, Adolfo Suárez Rivera, Jack Cassidy, Bernard Fox, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, and Josy Barthel. Among people deceased in 1975, Vladimir Kuts ranks 113Before him are Sam Giancana, Morgan Taylor, Tim Buckley, William Hartnell, K. Kamaraj, and Konstantine Gamsakhurdia. After him are Knut Kroon, Joseph Laniel, Hugo Österman, G. M. B. Dobson, Mary Ure, and Victor Marijnen.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vladimir Kuts ranks 443 out of 1,365Before him are Agenor Maria Gołuchowski (1849), Boris Iofan (1891), Nonna Mordyukova (1925), Viktor Tsybulenko (1930), Mykhaylo Fomenko (1948), and Arseniy Yatsenyuk (1974). After him are Viktor Sadovnichiy (1939), Mykola Pymonenko (1862), Liya Akhedzhakova (1938), Roman Rudenko (1907), Alexander Granach (1890), and Jerzy Kuryłowicz (1895).

Among ATHLETES In Ukraine

Among athletes born in Ukraine, Vladimir Kuts ranks 7Before him are Tamara Press (1937), Volodymyr Holubnychy (1936), Irina Press (1939), Anatoliy Bondarchuk (1940), Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (1938), and Viktor Tsybulenko (1930). After him are Viorica Viscopoleanu (1939), Galina Chistyakova (1962), Faina Melnik (1945), Inessa Kravets (1966), Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904), and Leonid Zhabotinsky (1938).