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Aleksandr Karelin

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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Karelin (Russian: Александр Александрович Карелин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ kɐˈrʲelʲɪn]; born 19 September 1967) is a Russian politician and retired athlete. Karelin competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, representing the Soviet Union and Russia between 1986 and 2000. Nicknamed the "Russian Bear", "Russian King Kong", "Alexander the Great", "The Experiment", and "The Crane from Novosibirsk", he is widely considered to be the greatest and most dominant Greco-Roman wrestler of all time. Karelin won gold medals at the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Olympic Games under a different flag each time (Soviet Union, Unified Team, and Russia respectively), and a silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Karelin is the 17th most popular wrestler (down from 6th in 2019), the 390th most popular biography from Russia (down from 378th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Aleksandr Karelin ranks 17 out of 1,027. Before him are Sting, Shawn Michaels, Rey Mysterio, Jerry Lawler, Big Show, and The Ultimate Warrior. After him are Chyna, Superstar Billy Graham, Masahiko Kimura, Scott Hall, Roman Reigns, and George Hackenschmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Aleksandr Karelin ranks 27. Before him are Kazuyoshi Miura, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Boris Becker, Jony Ive, Mark Ruffalo, and Massimiliano Allegri. After him are Mike Portnoy, Maher al-Assad, Iván Zamorano, Daron Acemoglu, Aleksander Čeferin, and Yingluck Shinawatra.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Karelin ranks 390 out of 3,761. Before him are Leonid Andreyev (1871), Anna Dostoevskaya (1846), Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888), Andre Geim (1958), Ramzan Kadyrov (1976), and Andrei Bely (1880). After him are Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923), Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1882), Viktor Tsoi (1962), Velimir Khlebnikov (1885), Mengu-Timur (1235), and Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov (1943).

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Among WRESTLERS In Russia

Among wrestlers born in Russia, Aleksandr Karelin ranks 2. Before him are The French Angel (1903). After him are Khabib Nurmagomedov (1988), Oskari Friman (1893), Buvaisar Saitiev (1975), Ivan Yarygin (1948), Alfred Asikainen (1888), Anatoly Roshchin (1932), Sergei Beloglazov (1956), Boris Gurevich (1931), Soslan Andiyev (1952), and Pavel Pinigin (1953).

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