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Yury Vlasov

1935 - 2021

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Yury Petrovich Vlasov (Russian: Юрий Петрович Власов; 5 December 1935 – 13 February 2021) was a Soviet and Russian heavyweight weightlifter, writer and politician. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1960 and a silver in 1964; at both games, he was the Olympic flag bearer for the Soviet Union. During his career, Vlasov won four world titles and set 31 ratified world records. He retired in 1968 and became a prominent writer and later a politician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yury Vlasov is the 3,383rd most popular writer (down from 3,046th in 2019), the 507th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 450th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yury Vlasov ranks 3,383 out of 7,302. Before him are Henry Kuttner, Valerius Antias, Kan Kikuchi, Ewald Christian von Kleist, Yury Olesha, and Alexander Sumarokov. After him are Jens Baggesen, Caspar Barlaeus, Mario Soldati, Akazome Emon, Susanna Tamaro, and Apion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Yury Vlasov ranks 220. Before him are Georgy Shonin, Judith Reisman, Gerhard Mitter, Sandra Harding, Jean Tiberi, and Mohammed Basindawa. After him are Lee Hoi-chang, Michael Ballhaus, Vladica Popović, Ghita Nørby, Armando Picchi, and Dragan Tomić. Among people deceased in 2021, Yury Vlasov ranks 262. Before him are Hilton Valentine, Clive Sinclair, Branko Mamula, Justo Tejada, Isadore Singer, and Alberto Grimaldi. After him are Ivan Patzaichin, Nick Kamen, Budge Patty, Anatoliy Zlenko, Carla Fracci, and Philippe Jaccottet.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Yury Vlasov ranks 507 out of 1,365. Before him are Stanisław Skrowaczewski (1923), Mikhail Koltsov (1898), Viktor Chukarin (1921), Yury Olesha (1899), Malusha (null), and Mikhail Fridman (1964). After him are Petro Symonenko (1952), Grigory Yavlinsky (1952), Klim Churyumov (1937), Len Blavatnik (1957), Yakov Zak (1913), and Anatoliy Zlenko (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Yury Vlasov ranks 69. Before him are Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa (1705), Nataliya Kobrynska (1855), Nikolay Nosov (1908), Anatoly Rybakov (1911), Mikhail Koltsov (1898), and Yury Olesha (1899). After him are Manès Sperber (1905), Oles Honchar (1918), Gabriela Zapolska (1857), Vladimir Megre (1950), Demyan Bedny (1883), and Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko (1778).

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