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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 of Circassian descent 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 31,915 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Hamit Kaplan is the 64th most popular wrestler (down from 49th in 2019), the 900th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 923rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Wrestler.

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  • 32k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Hamit Kaplan ranks 64 out of 1,027Before him are Carl Westergren, Yaşar Doğu, Emil Väre, Jigjidiin Mönkhbat, Martin Klein, and Rey Mysterio. After him are Lou Thesz, Bertil Antonsson, Shozo Sasahara, Johannes Kotkas, The Ultimate Warrior, and Buddy Rogers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Hamit Kaplan ranks 299Before him are Claudio Scimone, John Keegan, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Galina Bystrova, Stanley G. Payne, and Settela Steinbach. After him are Joanna Moore, Anna Kashfi, Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Marek Hłasko, Alan Baddeley, and Yuri Vizbor. Among people deceased in 1976, Hamit Kaplan ranks 159Before him are Ivo Van Damme, Mariano Ospina Pérez, Yakov Zak, Murtala Mohammed, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, and Anna Hübler. After him are Manuel Olivares, Wilhelmina von Bremen, Ernst Albrecht, Rudi Fischer, Edith Evans, and Veikko Huhtanen.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Hamit Kaplan ranks 900 out of 1,347Before him are Theodore Abu Qurrah (750), Çağatay Ulusoy (1990), Refik Saydam (1881), Leontia Porphyrogenita (457), Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907), and Theodore of Tarsus (602). After him are Uğur Mumcu (1942), Ekrem İmamoğlu (1970), Orhan Kemal (1914), Simeon the Holy Fool (522), Dilan Yeşilgöz (1977), and Photius II of Constantinople (1874).

Among WRESTLERS In Türkiye

Among wrestlers born in Türkiye, Hamit Kaplan ranks 3Before him are Mustafa Dağıstanlı (1931), and Yaşar Doğu (1913). After him are Mahmut Atalay (1934), Mithat Bayrak (1929), Bayram Şit (1930), İsmail Ogan (1933), Tevfik Kış (1934), Yaşar Erkan (1911), Ahmet Kireççi (1914), Taha Akgül (1990), and Rıza Kayaalp (1989).