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Wim Ruska

1940 - 2015

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Willem "Wim" Ruska (29 August 1940 – 14 February 2015) was a Dutch judoka and professional wrestler. He is the first athlete to win two gold medals in Judo in one Olympics – in the heavyweight and absolute categories in 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wim Ruska has received more than 70,477 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Wim Ruska is the 27th most popular wrestler (up from 28th in 2019), the 382nd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 405th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 70k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Wim Ruska ranks 27 out of 700. Before him are Giant Baba, El Santo, Eddie Guerrero, George Hackenschmidt, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Triple H. After him are The Miz, Chris Benoit, Gholamreza Takhti, Randy Savage, Brock Lesnar, and Bret Hart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Wim Ruska ranks 175. Before him are Vyacheslav Ivankov, Tony Sheridan, Helmut Jahn, Gigi Proietti, Georgi Ivanov, and Viktor Savinykh. After him are Vagif Mustafazadeh, Mirko Jozić, Ken Jenkins, Dan Hedaya, Michel Micombero, and Macha Méril. Among people deceased in 2015, Wim Ruska ranks 128. Before him are Aleksei Gubarev, Chea Sim, Judith Malina, Robert Conquest, Gene Amdahl, and James Aldridge. After him are Diana Douglas, Frances Oldham Kelsey, Doris Hart, Moses Malone, E. L. Doctorow, and Phil Taylor.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Wim Ruska ranks 382 out of 1,427. Before him are Floris II, Count of Holland (1091), Faas Wilkes (1923), Cornelis Engebrechtsz. (1468), Rafael van der Vaart (1983), Anna van Egmont (1533), and Frans Brüggen (1934). After him are Arnold Houbraken (1660), Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594), Menno van Coehoorn (1641), Hendrick de Keyser (1565), Dirk I, Count of Holland (875), and Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635).

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Among WRESTLERS In Netherlands

Among wrestlers born in Netherlands, Wim Ruska ranks 2. Before him are Anton Geesink (1934). After him are Mark Huizinga (1973), Edith Bosch (1980), Ruben Houkes (1979), Aleister Black (1985), Dennis van der Geest (1975), Anicka van Emden (1986), and Sanne van Dijke (1995).

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