1937 - Today
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Medved (born 16 September 1937) is a Ukrainian-born Soviet Belarusian retired 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 160,961 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Aleksandr Medved is the 14th most popular wrestler (up from 21st in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 302nd in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Wrestler.
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Among wrestlers, Aleksandr Medved ranks 14 out of 700. Before him are Antonio Inoki, Anton Geesink, Dave Bautista, Chyna, Rocky Johnson, and The Undertaker. After him are Ric Flair, Ivan Poddubny, Bruno Sammartino, Rikidōzan, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Isao Inokuma.
1943 - 2022
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 8
1934 - 2010
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 9
1969 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 10
1969 - 2016
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 11
1944 - 2020
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 12
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 13
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 14
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 15
1871 - 1949
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 16
1935 - 2018
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 17
1924 - 1963
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 18
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 19
1938 - 2001
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 20
Among people born in 1937, Aleksandr Medved ranks 120. Before him are Daniel McFadden, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Emerich Jenei, Tom Courtenay, Manuel Pinto da Costa, and Edward Fox. After him are Monkey Punch, Valentin Bondarenko, Bella Akhmadulina, Eugen Doga, Amos Tversky, and Carmen Pereira.
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 114
1937 - 2015
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 115
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 116
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 117
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 118
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 119
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 120
1937 - 2019
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 121
1937 - 1961
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 122
1937 - 2010
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 123
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 124
1937 - 1996
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 125
1937 - 2016
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 126
Among people born in Ukraine, Aleksandr Medved ranks 260 out of 1,083. Before him are Igor Svyatoslavich (1151), Abram Ioffe (1880), Igor II of Kiev (1100), Franz Doppler (1821), Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922), and Grigori Sokolnikov (1888). After him are Zalmoxis (-713), Naftali Herz Imber (1856), Ivan Poddubny (1871), Igor Sergeyev (1938), Vsevolod II of Kiev (1104), and Arseny Tarkovsky (1907).
1151 - 1201
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 254
1880 - 1960
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 255
1100 - 1147
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 256
1821 - 1883
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 257
1922 - 2007
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 258
1888 - 1939
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 259
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 260
713 BC - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 261
1856 - 1909
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 262
1871 - 1949
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 263
1938 - 2006
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 264
1104 - 1146
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 265
1907 - 1989
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 266
Among wrestlers born in Ukraine, Aleksandr Medved ranks 1. After him are Ivan Poddubny (1871), Mariya Stadnik (1988), Daria Bilodid (2000), Vladimir Kozlov (1979), Zhan Beleniuk (1991), Iryna Merleni (1982), Vasyl Fedoryshyn (1981), Andriy Stadnik (1982), and Nataliya Synyshyn (1985).
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 1
1871 - 1949
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 2
1988 - Present
HPI: 36.53
Rank: 3
2000 - Present
HPI: 35.41
Rank: 4
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.10
Rank: 5
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.59
Rank: 6
1982 - Present
HPI: 33.25
Rank: 7
1981 - Present
HPI: 28.88
Rank: 8
1982 - Present
HPI: 27.63
Rank: 9
1985 - Present
HPI: 25.21
Rank: 10