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Yuliya Pechonkina

1978 - Today

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Yuliya Sergeyevna Pechonkina, née Nosova (Russian: Юлия Серге́евна Печёнкина, born 21 April 1978 in Krasnoyarsk) is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 × 400 metres relay. She was previously married to former sprinter Evgeny Pechonkin. She held the world record in 400 m hurdles (52.34 seconds achieved on 8 August 2003 in Tula) for almost 16 years until it was broken by Dalilah Muhammad on 28 July 2019 and the rarely contested 4 × 200 metres relay indoor (1:32.41 with Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Irina Khabarova and Yuliya Gushchina). She had a recurring problem with sinusitis, an illness which caused her to miss both the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Yuliya Pechonkina is the 2,667th most popular athlete (up from 2,825th in 2024), the 2,694th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,798th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yuliya Pechonkina ranks 2,667 out of 6,025. Before her are Georg Hackl, Jesper Hansen, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Hasna Benhassi, Viktor An, and Andreas Zülow. After her are Jana Sorgers, Steffi Martin, Abel Antón, Constantina Diță, Liu Hong, and Vladimir Muravyov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Yuliya Pechonkina ranks 432. Before her are Brooke Burns, Robin Lord Taylor, Tinga, Yeon Jung-hoon, Tom Beck, and Hasna Benhassi. After her are Daniella Cicarelli, Olli Jokinen, Márcio Rodrigues, Becki Newton, Li Weifeng, and Ebru Timtik.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yuliya Pechonkina ranks 2,694 out of 3,761. Before her are Anna Kalinskaya (1998), Yuriy Tyukalov (1930), Alisa Galliamova (1972), Svetlana Ishmouratova (1972), Yevgeny Zinichev (1966), and Sergei Tiviakov (1973). After her are Vadim Repin (1971), Rawil Gaynetdin (1959), Eva Rivas (1987), Marina Logvinenko (1961), Valeriy Borchin (1986), and Sultan Ibragimov (1975).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Yuliya Pechonkina ranks 152. Before her are Vera Anisimova (1952), Natalya Pechonkina (1946), Svetlana Krivelyova (1969), Svetlana Feofanova (1980), Yuriy Tyukalov (1930), and Svetlana Ishmouratova (1972). After her are Valeriy Borchin (1986), Olga Chernyavskaya (1963), Alexander Melentyev (1954), Grigory Kiriyenko (1965), Irina Belova (1968), and Olimpiada Ivanova (1970).

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