VOLLEYBALL PLAYER

Yuriy Poyarkov

1937 - 2017

Yuriy Poyarkov

Yuriy Mikhaylovich Poyarkov (Ukrainian: Юрій Михайлович Поярков; 10 February 1937, in Kharkiv – 10 February 2017, in Kharkiv) was a Ukrainian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yuriy Poyarkov is the 6th most popular volleyball player (up from 10th in 2019), the 786th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 870th in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Volleyball Player.

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Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Among volleyball players, Yuriy Poyarkov ranks 6 out of 199. Before him are Karch Kiraly, Josef Musil, Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Lang Ping, and Bernardo Rezende. After him are Giba, Kerri Walsh Jennings, Masae Kasai, Yuri Chesnokov, Andrea Anastasi, and Nikola Grbić.

Most Popular Volleyball Players in Wikipedia

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Karch Kiraly
1960 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1
Josef Musil
1932 - 2017
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 2
Vyacheslav Zaytsev
1952 - 2023
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 3
Lang Ping
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 4
Bernardo Rezende
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 5
Yuriy Poyarkov
1937 - 2017
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 6
Giba
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 7
Kerri Walsh Jennings
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 8
Masae Kasai
1933 - 2013
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 9
Yuri Chesnokov
1933 - 2010
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 10
Andrea Anastasi
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 11
Nikola Grbić
1973 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Yuriy Poyarkov ranks 402. Before him are Shirley Eaton, Nina Companeez, Chris Blackwell, Umyar Mavlikhanov, René Kollo, and Amparo Baró. After him are Gorilla Monsoon, Zoltán Berczik, Dawn Fraser, William Lombardy, Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, and Mario Bergara. Among people deceased in 2017, Yuriy Poyarkov ranks 392. Before him are Marco Coll, Ueli Steck, Paul G. Comba, Viktor Tsaryov, Danuta Szaflarska, and Atanase Sciotnic. After him are Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, Vladimir Voevodsky, Károly Makk, William Lombardy, Heather Menzies, and Manfred Kaiser.

Others Born in 1937

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Shirley Eaton
ACTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 396
Nina Companeez
FILM DIRECTOR
1937 - 2015
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 397
Chris Blackwell
PRODUCER
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 398
Umyar Mavlikhanov
FENCER
1937 - 1999
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 399
René Kollo
SINGER
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 400
Amparo Baró
ACTOR
1937 - 2015
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 401
Yuriy Poyarkov
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1937 - 2017
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 402
Gorilla Monsoon
WRESTLER
1937 - 1999
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 403
Zoltán Berczik
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1937 - 2011
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 404
Dawn Fraser
POLITICIAN
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 405
William Lombardy
CHESS PLAYER
1937 - 2017
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 406
Gérard Mulumba Kalemba
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1937 - 2020
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 407
Mario Bergara
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - 2001
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 408

Others Deceased in 2017

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Marco Coll
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2017
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 386
Ueli Steck
MOUNTAINEER
1976 - 2017
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 387
Paul G. Comba
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1926 - 2017
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 388
Viktor Tsaryov
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2017
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 389
Danuta Szaflarska
ACTOR
1915 - 2017
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 390
Atanase Sciotnic
ATHLETE
1942 - 2017
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 391
Yuriy Poyarkov
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1937 - 2017
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 392
Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov
ACTOR
1948 - 2017
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 393
Vladimir Voevodsky
MATHEMATICIAN
1966 - 2017
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 394
Károly Makk
FILM DIRECTOR
1925 - 2017
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 395
William Lombardy
CHESS PLAYER
1937 - 2017
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 396
Heather Menzies
ACTOR
1949 - 2017
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 397
Manfred Kaiser
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2017
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 398

In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Yuriy Poyarkov ranks 786 out of 1,365. Before him are Vladimir Muntyan (1946), Gregory Breit (1899), Markus Reiner (1886), Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim (1888), Yuli-Yoel Edelstein (1958), and Nina Ruslanova (1945). After him are Georgy Langemak (1898), Mykhaylo Semenko (1892), Ivan Kozlovsky (1900), Nicolas Rossolimo (1910), Wiesław Maniak (1938), and Sergei Sviatchenko (1952).

Others born in Ukraine

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Vladimir Muntyan
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 780
Gregory Breit
PHYSICIST
1899 - 1981
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 781
Markus Reiner
ENGINEER
1886 - 1976
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 782
Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim
BIOLOGIST
1888 - 1948
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 783
Yuli-Yoel Edelstein
POLITICIAN
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 784
Nina Ruslanova
ACTOR
1945 - 2021
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 785
Yuriy Poyarkov
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1937 - 2017
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 786
Georgy Langemak
ENGINEER
1898 - 1938
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 787
Mykhaylo Semenko
WRITER
1892 - 1937
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 788
Ivan Kozlovsky
SINGER
1900 - 1993
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 789
Nicolas Rossolimo
CHESS PLAYER
1910 - 1975
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 790
Wiesław Maniak
ATHLETE
1938 - 1982
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 791
Sergei Sviatchenko
ARTIST
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 792