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Andy Hug

1964 - 2000

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Andreas "Andy" Hug (7 September 1964 – 24 August 2000) was a Swiss karateka and kickboxer who competed in the heavyweight division. Considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight kickboxers of all time, Hug was renowned for his ability to execute numerous kicking techniques rarely seen in high-level competition. Although he was usually smaller than his opponents, standing at 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) and being barely a heavyweight, weighing around 98.0 kg (216.1 lb; 15.43 st) in his prime, he made up for his lack of size with his tremendous athleticism and speed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andy Hug has received more than 943,835 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Andy Hug is the 14th most popular martial arts (up from 17th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 228th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Martial Arts.

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  • 940k

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  • 56.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Andy Hug ranks 14 out of 179. Before him are Randy Couture, Linda Lee Cadwell, Choi Hong Hi, Ankō Itosu, Kenwa Mabuni, and Conor McGregor. After him are Chōjun Miyagi, Hélio Gracie, Masatoshi Nakayama, Fedor Emelianenko, Higaonna Kanryō, and Cynthia Rothrock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Andy Hug ranks 75. Before him are Matt Dillon, Rick Riordan, Bridget Fonda, Maggie Cheung, Don Cheadle, and Dokka Umarov. After him are Kaspar Capparoni, Tommi Mäkinen, Jorginho, Laura Linney, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and Rossy de Palma. Among people deceased in 2000, Andy Hug ranks 79. Before him are Franck Pourcel, Ahmet Kaya, Claude Sautet, Ivan Stambolić, Fulcanelli, and Libertad Lamarque. After him are Yehuda Amichai, Hubert Maga, Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, José Águas, Patrick O'Brian, and Pierre Pflimlin.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Andy Hug ranks 208 out of 1,015. Before him are Alfred Escher (1819), Ivan Rakitić (1988), Guy Parmelin (1959), Carlo Fontana (1638), Ruth Dreifuss (1940), and Ubol Ratana (1951). After him are Edwin Fischer (1886), Charles Dutoit (1936), Jean Starobinski (1920), Wiborada (900), Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767), and Alain Berset (1972).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Switzerland

Among martial arts born in Switzerland, Andy Hug ranks 1. 

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