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Yelizaveta Bagryantseva

1929 - 1996

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Yelisaveta Petrovna Bagriantseva (Russian: Елизавета Петровна Багрянцева, 27 August 1929 – 24 January 1996) was a Russian discus thrower who won a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Bagryantseva was born in a Siberian salt-mining town and first trained in cross-country skiing. She changed to discus throw only when moved to Novosibirsk to study at the Novosibirsk College of Physical Education. She graduated in 1941, and until 1949 worked as a physical education teacher in Irkutsk. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yelizaveta Bagryantseva is the 2,249th most popular athlete (down from 1,836th in 2019), the 2,491st most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,421st in 2019) and the 115th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yelizaveta Bagryantseva ranks 2,249 out of 6,025Before her are Arto Bryggare, Torben Grael, Michael Wenden, Françoise Mbango Etone, Maria Ștefan, and Con Leahy. After her are Marian Woronin, Robert Korzeniowski, Zoltán Sztanity, Christine Muzio, Tomi Poikolainen, and Serhiy Novikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Yelizaveta Bagryantseva ranks 518Before her are Ann Robinson, Lyubov Kozyreva, Keith Gardner, Jules Feiffer, Clyde Lovellette, and Michel Knuysen. After her are Boris Nikolov, Johnny Ace, Bhanu Athaiya, Nel Noddings, Shirley Ann Grau, and Brian Friel. Among people deceased in 1996, Yelizaveta Bagryantseva ranks 334Before her are Jack Ragland, Les Baxter, Evelyn Hooker, Sverre Sørsdal, Virginia Christine, and Tommy Lawton. After her are Peter Glenville, Allenby Chilton, Sim Iness, Mario Savio, Mary Haas, and Eddie Harris.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yelizaveta Bagryantseva ranks 2,491 out of 3,761Before her are Jeanna Friske (1974), Aleksandr Borodyuk (1962), Natalia Bestemianova (1960), Fyodor Simashev (1945), Lyudmyla Denisova (1960), and Sergei Fedorov (1969). After her are Isa Munayev (1965), Yuri Gavrilov (1953), Serhiy Novikov (1949), Sasha Luss (1992), Nikolai Tishchenko (1926), and Adam Saitiev (1977).

Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Yelizaveta Bagryantseva ranks 115Before her are Nikolay Zimyatov (1955), Nikolay Kruglov (1950), Viktor Rashchupkin (1950), Svetlana Masterkova (1968), Tatyana Lebedeva (1976), and Fyodor Simashev (1945). After her are Serhiy Novikov (1949), Valentina Nikonova (1952), Ivan Udodov (1924), Anfisa Reztsova (1964), Yelena Slesarenko (1982), and Yekaterina Fesenko (1958).