BOXER

Rafael Iglesias

1924 - 1999

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Argentino Rafael Iglesias (25 May 1924 – 1 January 1999) was an Argentine heavyweight boxer. He won a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England by knocking out Gunnar Nilsson in the final. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Iglesias has received more than 4,323 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Rafael Iglesias is the 79th most popular boxer (down from 54th in 2019), the 389th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 285th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Argentinean Boxer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Rafael Iglesias ranks 79 out of 496. Before him are Jess Willard, Thomas Hearns, Ernie Terrell, Oscar De La Hoya, Santiago Lovell, and Piero Toscani. After him are Andrew Golota, José Torres, Herbert Runge, James J. Jeffries, George Chuvalo, and Carmelo Robledo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Rafael Iglesias ranks 310. Before him are Ranasinghe Premadasa, Don Knotts, Roger Marche, Val Avery, Attilio Giovannini, and János Starker. After him are Billy Barty, Alberto Uria, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, Priscilla Pointer, Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, and Freddie Bartholomew. Among people deceased in 1999, Rafael Iglesias ranks 183. Before him are David A. Huffman, Giuseppe Delfino, Paris Pişmiş, Toninho, Anahit Tsitsikian, and Birgit Cullberg. After him are Sarah Kane, Michael Aris, Einar Englund, Heinrich Schmid, Rick Danko, and Regina Ghazaryan.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Rafael Iglesias ranks 389 out of 1,154. Before him are Juan Francisco Lombardo (1925), Ramón Medina Bello (1966), Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman (1844), Lucas Barrios (1984), Rodolfo Walsh (1927), and Carlos Menditeguy (1914). After him are Rubén Pagnanini (1949), Natalio Perinetti (1900), Carlos Spadaro (1902), Pedro Troglio (1965), José Cura (1962), and Félix Loustau (1922).

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Among BOXERS In Argentina

Among boxers born in Argentina, Rafael Iglesias ranks 5. Before him are Carlos Monzón (1942), Oscar Bonavena (1942), Pascual Pérez (1926), and Santiago Lovell (1912). After him are Carmelo Robledo (1912), Héctor Méndez (1897), Oscar Casanovas (1914), Víctor Avendaño (1907), Arturo Rodríguez (1907), Amado Azar (1913), and Horacio Accavallo (1934).

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