1934 - 1976
Hamit Kaplan (20 September 1934 – 5 January 1976) was a Turkish World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Heavyweight class. He won the gold, silver and bronze medal in men's freestyle wrestling at three consecutive Olympic Games in 1956, 1960 and 1964. Born in Hamamözü town in Amasya Province, he began wrestling as a youngster in the traditional Turkish sport Yağlı güreş (oil wrestling). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hamit Kaplan has received more than 28,332 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hamit Kaplan is the 49th most popular wrestler (up from 68th in 2019), the 925th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 906th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Wrestler.
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Among wrestlers, Hamit Kaplan ranks 49 out of 700. Before him are The Great Khali, Ibrahim Moustafa, The Ultimate Warrior, Kevin Nash, Martin Klein, and József Csatári. After him are Rudolf Svensson, Yasuhiro Yamashita, Kristjan Palusalu, Mithat Bayrak, Randy Orton, and Mustafa Dağıstanlı.
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 43
1904 - 1968
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 44
1959 - 2014
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 45
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 46
1884 - 1947
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 47
1943 - 2021
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 48
1934 - 1976
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 49
1899 - 1978
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 50
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 51
1908 - 1987
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 52
1929 - 2014
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 53
1980 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 54
1931 - 2022
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 55
Among people born in 1934, Hamit Kaplan ranks 246. Before him are Marilyn Horne, Susan George, Anne Haney, Zequinha, Ružica Sokić, and Tengiz Sigua. After him are Shirley Jones, Harald Grønningen, John Keegan, Yakubu Gowon, Jim Hutton, and Lester R. Brown. Among people deceased in 1976, Hamit Kaplan ranks 136. Before him are Haddon Sundblom, Sergei Shtemenko, Armas Taipale, Pierre Jean Jouve, Otto Tief, and Jimmy Reed. After him are Floyd Council, Conduelo Píriz, Viggo Kampmann, Hidetsugu Yagi, Pál Turán, and Stanley Baker.
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 240
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 241
1934 - 2001
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 242
1934 - 2009
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 243
1934 - 2013
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 244
1934 - 2020
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 245
1934 - 1976
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 246
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 247
1934 - 2016
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 248
1934 - 2012
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 249
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 250
1934 - 1979
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 251
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 252
1899 - 1976
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 130
1907 - 1976
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 131
1890 - 1976
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 132
1887 - 1976
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 133
1889 - 1976
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 134
1925 - 1976
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 135
1934 - 1976
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 136
1911 - 1976
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 137
1905 - 1976
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 138
1910 - 1976
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 139
1886 - 1976
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 140
1910 - 1976
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 141
1928 - 1976
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 142
Among people born in Turkey, Hamit Kaplan ranks 925 out of 1,301. Before him are Hulusi Behçet (1889), Theodosius of Bithynia (-160), Hesychius of Miletus (505), Leo Tornikios (1100), Polyeuctus of Constantinople (null), and Georgios Tsitas (1872). After him are Richard von Kühlmann (1873), Theodotus of Byzantium (200), Tevfik Fikret (1867), Salt Bae (1983), Doğu Perinçek (1942), and Emre Belözoğlu (1980).
1889 - 1948
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 919
160 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 920
505 - 600
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 921
1100 - Present
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 922
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 923
1872 - 1940
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 924
1934 - 1976
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 925
1873 - 1948
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 926
200 - Present
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 927
1867 - 1915
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 928
1983 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 929
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 930
1980 - Present
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 931
Among wrestlers born in Turkey, Hamit Kaplan ranks 2. Before him are Yaşar Doğu (1913). After him are Mithat Bayrak (1929), Mustafa Dağıstanlı (1931), Bayram Şit (1930), Tevfik Kış (1934), Yaşar Erkan (1911), Hamza Yerlikaya (1976), Taha Akgül (1990), Rıza Kayaalp (1989), Nazmi Avluca (1976), and Şeref Eroğlu (1975).
1913 - 1961
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 1
1934 - 1976
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 2
1929 - 2014
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 3
1931 - 2022
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 4
1930 - 2019
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 5
1934 - 2019
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 6
1911 - 1986
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 7
1976 - Present
HPI: 36.84
Rank: 8
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.21
Rank: 9
1989 - Present
HPI: 34.62
Rank: 10
1976 - Present
HPI: 31.06
Rank: 11
1975 - Present
HPI: 30.86
Rank: 12