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Yelena Gorchakova

1933 - 2002

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Yelena Yegorovna Gorchakova (Russian: Елена Егоровна Горчакова; 17 May 1933 – 27 January 2002) was a Russian javelin thrower who won bronze medals at the 1952 and 1964 Olympics. Her 1964 bronze was a disappointment as she set a world record in the qualification that remained unbeaten for eight years. During her long career Gorchakova had a fierce competition within the Soviet national team and won the national title only twice, in 1963 and 1965. As a result, despite being a world's top thrower she rarely competed internationally. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yelena Gorchakova is the 1,019th most popular athlete (down from 588th in 2019), the 1,860th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,763rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yelena Gorchakova ranks 1,019 out of 6,025. Before her are Roger de Barbarin, Hans Jacob Nielsen, Freddie Wolff, Helga Seidler, Bohumil Němeček, and Yordanka Donkova. After her are Lily Carlstedt, Richard Murphy, Akilles Järvinen, Charles Marion, Masaru Furukawa, and Yurik Vardanyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Yelena Gorchakova ranks 380. Before her are Hiroshi Suzuki, Pedro Cubilla, Leandro Faggin, Jean Vautrin, John Gardner, and Irma Serrano. After her are Valentin Bubukin, Alberto Natusch, Semyon Farada, Alfredo Landa, Robert Chartoff, and Henry Darrow. Among people deceased in 2002, Yelena Gorchakova ranks 240. Before her are Rui Campos, Čestmír Vycpálek, Alexander Kazantsev, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Mustafa Mansour, and Eduard Gufeld. After her are Lily Carlstedt, John Eriksen, Mal Waldron, Marianne Hoppe, John Baptist Wu, and Kevin Smith.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yelena Gorchakova ranks 1,860 out of 3,761. Before her are Valentin Ivanov (1961), Lev Durov (1931), Rostislav Plyatt (1908), Gennady Voronov (1910), Ivan Osterman (1725), and Vasili Merkuryev (1904). After her are Valentin Bubukin (1933), Nina Agadzhanova (1889), Viktor Kozin (1953), Magomedali Magomedov (1930), Duke Alexander of Oldenburg (1844), and Dinara Safina (1986).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Yelena Gorchakova ranks 44. Before her are Anatoly Mikhaylov (1936), Mark Midler (1931), Olha Bryzhina (1963), Valeri Popenchenko (1937), Viktor Kapitonov (1933), and Jorma Valkama (1928). After her are Anastasiya Kuzmina (1984), Vasili Kuznetsov (1932), Irina Privalova (1968), Vera Komisova (1953), Valeri Vasiliev (1949), and Aleksandr Privalov (1933).

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