WRESTLERS from Poland

Top 4

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Polish Wrestlers of all time. This list of famous Polish Wrestlers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Waldemar Legień (1963 - )

With an HPI of 36.94, Waldemar Legień is the most famous Polish Wrestler.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.

Waldemar Legień (born 28 August 1963) is a Polish retired judoka. He won two Olympic gold medals in different weight classes, in 1988 and 1992. He is also the first person to win back-to-back two Olympic gold medals in Judo. For his achievements, he received the Commandor's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2019 (previously Knight's Cross in 1988 and Officer's Cross in 1992). Legień is the manager of Racing Club de France in Paris.

2. Andrzej Wroński (1965 - )

With an HPI of 33.32, Andrzej Wroński is the 2nd most famous Polish Wrestler.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Andrzej Adam Wroński (born 8 October 1965 in Kartuzy, Pomorskie) is a Polish wrestler (Greco-Roman style) who has won two Olympic gold medals. He carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

3. Denis Kudla (1994 - )

With an HPI of 29.15, Denis Kudla is the 3rd most famous Polish Wrestler.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

For the American professional tennis player, see Denis Kudla. Denis Maksymilian Kudla (born 24 December 1994) is a German Greco-Roman wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships. Kudla won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics at 85 kg. He lost to eventual winner Davit Chakvetadze of Russia.

4. Monika Michalik (1980 - )

With an HPI of 25.32, Monika Michalik is the 4th most famous Polish Wrestler.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Monika Ewa Michalik (Polish pronunciation: [mɔˈnika ˈɛva miˈxalik]; born 2 May 1980 in Międzyrzecz) is a freestyle wrestler from Poland. She participated in Women's freestyle 63 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. In the last 16, she beat Volha Khilko from Belarus. In the quarter-finals Michalik lost to the French wrestler Lise Golliot-Legrand. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Michalik once again reached the quarter-finals, losing to eventual silver medallist Jing Ruixue of China. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal defeating Inna Trazhukova of Russia. Her brother Tadeusz is also a wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.