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Yelena Isinbayeva

1982 - Today

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Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva (Russian: Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева, IPA: [jɪˈlʲɛnə gɐˈdʐɨjɪvnə ɪsʲɪnˈbajɪvə]; born 3 June 1982) is a Russian former pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist (2004 and 2008), three-times a World Champion (2005, 2007 and 2013), the current world record holder in the event, and is widely considered the greatest female pole-vaulter of all time. Isinbayeva was banned from the 2016 Rio Olympics after revelations of an extensive state-sponsored doping programme in Russia, thus dashing her hopes of a grand retirement winning the Olympic gold medal. She retired from athletics in August 2016 after being elected to serve an 8-year term on the IOC's Athletes' Commission. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yelena Isinbayeva is the 252nd most popular athlete (down from 77th in 2019), the 1,068th most popular biography from Russia (down from 711th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yelena Isinbayeva ranks 252 out of 6,025. Before her are Helge Løvland, Carlos Lopes, Éva Székely, Jüri Tarmak, Charles Frédéric Petit, and Viktor Tsybulenko. After her are Charley Borah, Adolfo Consolini, Vladimir Kuts, Waldemar Cierpinski, Roger Bannister, and Harold Abrahams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Yelena Isinbayeva ranks 41. Before her are Kieran Culkin, Li Na, Son Ye-jin, Alberto Contador, Sebastian Stan, and Vjosa Osmani. After her are Rain, Jamie Dornan, Alberto Gilardino, Justine Henin, Darijo Srna, and Neil Robertson.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yelena Isinbayeva ranks 1,068 out of 3,761. Before her are Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (1897), Anna Demidova (1878), Alexander Gomelsky (1928), Pavel Dybenko (1889), Mikhail Kovalyov (1897), and Max Vasmer (1886). After her are Vitaly Vorotnikov (1926), Dmitry Belyayev (1917), Maksim Purkayev (1894), Carl Jaenisch (1813), Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova (1878), and Evgeny Kissin (1971).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Yelena Isinbayeva ranks 10. Before her are Valeriy Brumel (1942), Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Elvīra Ozoliņa (1939), Nadezhda Olizarenko (1953), Vera Krepkina (1933), and Nadezhda Chizhova (1945). After her are Nina Ponomaryova (1929), Vsevolod Bobrov (1922), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1938), Galina Zybina (1931), Sergey Litvinov (1958), and Veikko Hakulinen (1925).

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