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Aleksandr Medved

1937 - 2024

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Aleksandr Vasilyevich Medved (16 September 1937 – 2 September 2024) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet Belarusian freestyle wrestler of Russian ethnicity who competed for the Soviet Union and was named "one of the greatest wrestlers in history" by FILA, the sport's governing body. Between 1962 and 1972 he won three Olympic gold medals, seven world and three European titles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aleksandr Medved has received more than 197,201 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Aleksandr Medved is the 15th most popular wrestler (down from 14th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 257th in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Aleksandr Medved ranks 15 out of 1,027. Before him are John Cena, Anton Geesink, Dave Bautista, Mick Foley, The Undertaker, and Rikidōzan. After him are Bruno Sammartino, Terry Funk, El Santo, Giant Baba, Triple H, and Khabib Nurmagomedov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Aleksandr Medved ranks 115. Before him are Peter Burke, Monika Ertl, Tsukasa Hosaka, Steven Berkoff, Petros Markaris, and Alfredo M. Bonanno. After him are Billy Meier, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Joseph Kobzon, Hibari Misora, Nikolai Kapustin, and Daniel McFadden. Among people deceased in 2024, Aleksandr Medved ranks 113. Before him are Fumihiko Maki, Toby Keith, Fredric Jameson, Saleh al-Arouri, Sérgio Mendes, and Cissy Houston. After him are Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Shannen Doherty, Jan Assmann, Philippe de Gaulle, and Veljko Bulajić.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Aleksandr Medved ranks 262 out of 1,365. Before him are Lyudmila Rudenko (1904), Vsevolod II of Kiev (1104), Igor Markevitch (1912), Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1880), Zbigniew Cybulski (1927), and Ida Kamińska (1899). After him are Igor II of Kiev (1100), Viktor Bunyakovsky (1804), Cyril Genik (1857), Moisei Uritsky (1873), Andrey Sheptytsky (1865), and Lina Kostenko (1930).

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Among WRESTLERS In Ukraine

Among wrestlers born in Ukraine, Aleksandr Medved ranks 1. After him are Ivan Poddubny (1871), Ivan Bohdan (1928), Ilya Mate (1956), Mariya Stadnik (1988), Mikhail Mamiashvili (1963), Vladimir Kozlov (1979), Vyacheslav Oliynyk (1966), Zhan Beleniuk (1991), Daria Bilodid (2000), Andriy Kalashnikov (1964), and Iryna Merleni (1982).

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