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Volodymyr Holubnychy

1936 - 2021

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Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychy (Ukrainian: Володимир Степанович Голубничий; also spelt Vladimir Golubnichy, 2 June 1936 – 16 August 2021) was a Ukrainian race walker, who competed for the Soviet Union. He dominated the 20 kilometre race walk in the 1960s and 1970s, winning four Olympic medals from 1960 to 1972 and finishing seventh in 1976. He became Olympic champion in 1960 and 1968. He is regarded as one of the greatest race walkers of all time and competed at the Olympics on five occasions in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Volodymyr Holubnychy is the 92nd most popular athlete (up from 120th in 2019), the 293rd most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 365th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Volodymyr Holubnychy ranks 92 out of 6,025. Before him are Zara Tindall, Dora Ratjen, Alberto Juantorena, Jack Shea, Efren Reyes, and Sid Atkinson. After him are Jānis Lūsis, Jüri Lossmann, Charles Greene, Fernando, Eddie Eagan, and Ken Matthews.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Volodymyr Holubnychy ranks 157. Before him are Alejandra Pizarnik, David Yonggi Cho, Ziaur Rahman, Andrew Grove, Ennio Antonelli, and Zeynab Khanlarova. After him are André Kolingba, Jacques Charrier, Tuncel Kurtiz, Jan Gehl, Siw Malmkvist, and Eugenio Barba. Among people deceased in 2021, Volodymyr Holubnychy ranks 152. Before him are Hank Aaron, Jimmy Greaves, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Poul Schlüter, David Yonggi Cho, and Marshall Sahlins. After him are Igor Oistrakh, Anna Chromý, Terry Cooper, Willy van der Kuijlen, Ned Beatty, and Kurt Westergaard.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Volodymyr Holubnychy ranks 293 out of 1,365. Before him are Theophan Prokopovich (1681), Sergey Kamenev (1881), Sidney Reilly (1873), Ahad Ha'am (1856), Vasyl Stus (1938), and Franz Doppler (1821). After him are Igor Oistrakh (1931), David Riazanov (1870), Cassandre (1901), Alfred J. Lotka (1880), Oleksii Reznikov (1966), and Grunya Sukhareva (1891).

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Among ATHLETES In Ukraine

Among athletes born in Ukraine, Volodymyr Holubnychy ranks 2. Before him are Tamara Press (1937). After him are Irina Press (1939), Anatoliy Bondarchuk (1940), Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (1938), Viktor Tsybulenko (1930), Vladimir Kuts (1927), Viorica Viscopoleanu (1939), Galina Chistyakova (1962), Faina Melnik (1945), Inessa Kravets (1966), and Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904).

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