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Mirko Sandić

1942 - 2006

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Mirko Sandić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирко Сандић; 9 May 1942 – 24 December 2006) was a Serbian water polo player who led Yugoslav teams to a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the 1960 and 1972 Olympics where his teams placed fourth and fifth, respectively. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of Yugoslavia at the opening ceremony of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, becoming the twelfth water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mirko Sandić has received more than 29,502 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Mirko Sandić is the 1,301st most popular athlete, the 313th most popular biography from Serbia and the 3rd most popular Serbian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mirko Sandić ranks 1,301 out of 6,025. Before him are Pierre Thorsson, Kaarlo Tuominen, Jacques Cariou, Renaud Lavillenie, Gábor Delneky, and Gustaf Rosenquist. After him are Natalya Goncharova, Horatio Fitch, Göte Hagström, István Tóth, Maria Sander, and Halvard Hanevold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Mirko Sandić ranks 582. Before him are Ivan Koloff, Norman Greenbaum, Dinara Asanova, Javier Fragoso, Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, and Steve Wynn. After him are Annette Funicello, Jan Olsson, Kazimierz Barburski, Edmond Baraffe, Andraé Crouch, and Douglas Trumbull. Among people deceased in 2006, Mirko Sandić ranks 313. Before him are Jackie McLean, Georges Stuber, Padmini, Loyola de Palacio, Kaarlo Tuominen, and André Strappe. After him are Rosendo Hernández, Ron Greenwood, Nel van Vliet, Jorge Mendonça, Louise Bennett-Coverley, and Te Atairangikaahu.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Mirko Sandić ranks 313 out of 661. Before him are Filip Kostić (1992), Prvoslav Mihajlović (1921), Vladimir Stojković (1983), Vladimir Grbić (1970), Dejan Petković (1972), and Ivan Jovanović (1962). After him are Slobodan Dubajić (1963), Enver Hadžiabdić (1945), Nadja Regin (1931), László Szabados (1911), Robert Zollitsch (1938), and Dragoslav Mihajlović (1906).

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Among ATHLETES In Serbia

Among athletes born in Serbia, Mirko Sandić ranks 3. Before him are Vera Nikolić (1948), and Zvonimir Vujin (1943). After him are Nenad Stekić (1951), Dragutin Topić (1971), Uroš Marović (1946), Thủy Nguyên district (null), Ivana Španović (1990), Jasna Šekarić (1965), Slavko Obadov (1948), Filip Filipović (1987), and Igor Milanović (1965).

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