WRESTLER

Ivan Yarygin

1948 - 1997

Photo of Ivan Yarygin

Icon of person Ivan Yarygin

Ivan Sergeyevich Yarygin (Russian: Иван Сергеевич Ярыгин, IPA: [ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ jɪˈrɨɡʲɪn]; 7 November 1948 – 11 October 1997) was a Soviet and Russian heavyweight freestyle wrestler. Between 1970 and 1980 he won all his major international competitions, except for the 1970 and 1974 European championships where he placed second. Yarygin was an Olympic champion in 1972 and 1976, being the first wrestler to go through an Olympic competition with straight pin victories and no foul points, a world champion in 1973, a World Cup winner five times, has never lost a single match in World Cup competition, and a European champion in 1972 and 1975–76, and won a world cup in 1973, 1976–77 and 1979–80. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Yarygin has received more than 117,358 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ivan Yarygin is the 84th most popular wrestler (up from 110th in 2019), the 1,722nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,744th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Ivan Yarygin ranks 84 out of 1,027. Before him are The Great Gama, Chris Jericho, Erik Malmberg, Sting, Ted DiBiase, and Mahmut Atalay. After him are Verner Weckman, Shinobu Sekine, Emam-Ali Habibi, Anatoly Roshchin, Bobo Brazil, and Eino Leino.

Most Popular Wrestlers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ivan Yarygin ranks 409. Before him are Eleonora Brown, Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Alexander McCall Smith, Vinko Jelovac, and Oliver Shanti. After him are Elias Khoury, Giuseppe Impastato, Atilio Ancheta, Eliyahu Rips, Carole Laure, and Bernadette Peters. Among people deceased in 1997, Ivan Yarygin ranks 212. Before him are Bobby Helms, Cyril Toumanoff, Marshall Applewhite, Ondino Viera, Ben Hogan, and David Doyle. After him are Charles Hallahan, Sotiria Bellou, Helene Hanff, Albín Brunovský, Dharamvir Bharati, and Eddie Chapman.

Others Born in 1948

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1997

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ivan Yarygin ranks 1,722 out of 3,761. Before him are Sigizmund Levanevsky (1902), Tatyana Tolstaya (1951), Abdul-Halim Sadulayev (1966), Alexander Maltsev (1949), Dmitry Kiselyov (1954), and Zara Dolukhanova (1918). After him are Bulan (null), Ivan Babushkin (1873), Oleg Anofriyev (1930), Vsevolod of Pskov (null), Alexey Miller (1962), and Augusts Voss (1919).

Others born in Russia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRESTLERS In Russia

Among wrestlers born in Russia, Ivan Yarygin ranks 5. Before him are The French Angel (1903), Aleksandr Karelin (1967), Khabib Nurmagomedov (1988), and Oskari Friman (1893). After him are Anatoly Roshchin (1932), Buvaisar Saitiev (1975), Alfred Asikainen (1888), Sergei Beloglazov (1956), Roman Dmitriyev (1949), Soslan Andiyev (1952), and Artur Taymazov (1979).

Russian born Wrestlers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous