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Hamit Kaplan

1934 - 1976

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 28k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Hamit Kaplan ranks 49 out of 700Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Hamit Kaplan ranks 246Before 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 136Before 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.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Hamit Kaplan ranks 925 out of 1,301Before 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).

Among WRESTLERS In Turkey

Among wrestlers born in Turkey, Hamit Kaplan ranks 2Before 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).