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Sushil Kumar

1983 - Today

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Sushil Kumar (born 26 May 1983) is a former Indian wrestler and two-time Olympic medallist. His 2008 Olympic medal was only the second for India in wrestling, and the first since Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav's bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. In July 2009, he received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna – India's highest honour for sportspersons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sushil Kumar has received more than 1,523,140 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Sushil Kumar is the 663rd most popular wrestler (down from 518th in 2019), the 1,342nd most popular biography from India (down from 1,068th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Sushil Kumar ranks 663 out of 1,027. Before him are Gail Kim, Gregory Helms, Aidyn Smagulov, Tyson Kidd, Andriy Stadnik, and Tiago Camilo. After him are Masae Ueno, Murat Kardanov, Charlie Haas, Tang Lin, Kairi Sane, and Geeta Phogat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Sushil Kumar ranks 754. Before him are Mitsuru Nagata, Andrew McCollum, Yuriy Krymarenko, Mauricio Soler, Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, and Roberto Ferrari. After him are Zack Greinke, Steve Morabito, Leon Benko, Dorota Masłowska, Florence Faivre, and Héctor Faubel.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sushil Kumar ranks 1,342 out of 1,861. Before him are Ramesh Krishnan (1961), Harjit Sajjan (1970), Lucky Ali (1958), Amrita Rao (1981), Jennifer Winget (1985), and Ashoke Sen (1956). After him are Shriya Saran (1982), Sabeer Bhatia (1968), Chanda Kochhar (1961), Khushbu (1970), Shamita Shetty (1979), and Suraj Sharma (1993).

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Among WRESTLERS In India

Among wrestlers born in India, Sushil Kumar ranks 3. Before him are The Great Khali (1972), and The Great Gama (1878). After him are Geeta Phogat (1988), Yogeshwar Dutt (1982), Bajrang Punia (1994), Babita Kumari (1989), Vinesh Phogat (1994), Bekmurod Oltiboev (1996), Navjot Kaur (1990), and Shushila Devi Likmabam (1995).

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