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Ahmet Kireççi

1914 - 1979

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Ahmet Kireççi (aka Ahmet Mersinli, 27 October 1914 in Mersin – 17 August 1978 in Mersin, Turkey), was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the Olympic medal twice, the bronze medal in the Middleweight class of Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the 1936 Olympics and the gold medal in the Heavyweight class of Men's Greco-Roman category at the 1948 Olympics. Born in the southern city of Mersin, he began first boxing and then continued in athletics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmet Kireççi has received more than 21,723 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmet Kireççi is the 204th most popular wrestler, the 1,060th most popular biography from Türkiye and the 10th most popular Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 22k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Ahmet Kireççi ranks 204 out of 1,027Before him are Nicolae Martinescu, Umaga, Robert Pearce, Søren Marinus Jensen, Dave Schultz, and Atsuji Miyahara. After him are Vítězslav Mácha, William Smith, Georgi Markov, György Gurics, Pelle Svensson, and Kelpo Gröndahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Ahmet Kireççi ranks 350Before him are Estelle Reiner, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Kay Stammers, Larry Adler, Mark Kac, and Xosé María Díaz Castro. After him are Bill Erwin, Louis Chaillot, R. A. Lafferty, Conyers Herring, Jonathan Harris, and Andreas Kupfer. Among people deceased in 1979, Ahmet Kireççi ranks 237Before him are Barnes Wallis, Arthur Hunnicutt, Loren Murchison, Sven Utterström, Ann Dvorak, and Judee Sill. After him are Václav Havel, Heinz Pollay, Yelena Kuzmina, Elizabeth Ryan, Constant Joacim, and Ľudmila Pajdušáková.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Ahmet Kireççi ranks 1,060 out of 1,347Before him are Nilüfer (1955), Aslı Erdoğan (1967), Deniz Çakır (1982), Cevdet Yılmaz (1967), Naim Talu (1919), and Ebru Gündeş (1974). After him are Genco Gulan (1969), Özgür Özel (1974), Yılmaz Erdoğan (1967), Rober Eryol (1930), Ahmet Berman (1932), and Müfide İlhan (1911).

Among WRESTLERS In Türkiye

Among wrestlers born in Türkiye, Ahmet Kireççi ranks 10Before him are Mahmut Atalay (1934), Mithat Bayrak (1929), Bayram Şit (1930), İsmail Ogan (1933), Tevfik Kış (1934), and Yaşar Erkan (1911). After him are Taha Akgül (1990), Rıza Kayaalp (1989), Hamza Yerlikaya (1976), Yasemin Adar (1991), Nazmi Avluca (1976), and Şeref Eroğlu (1975).