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Aleksandr Medved

1937 - 2024

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Aleksandr Vasilyevich Medved (16 September 1937 – 2 September 2024) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet Belarusian freestyle wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union and was named "one of the greatest wrestlers in history" by FILA, the sport's governing body. Between 1962 and 1972 he won three Olympic gold medals, seven world and three European titles. He served as the Olympic flag bearer for the Soviet Union in 1972, for Belarus in 2004 and recited the Judge's Oath at the Opening Ceremony of the 1980 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Medved is the 30th most popular wrestler (down from 15th in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 262nd in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Aleksandr Medved ranks 30 out of 1,027. Before him are Pat Patterson, John Cena, Anton Geesink, Rikidōzan, Bob Orton Jr., and Dave Finlay. After him are Bruno Sammartino, Big Van Vader, Ric Flair, Sid Eudy, Rocky Johnson, and Khabib Nurmagomedov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Aleksandr Medved ranks 118. Before him are Ange-Félix Patassé, Shirley Bassey, Carmen Pereira, Ryutaro Hashimoto, Vittorio Brambilla, and Zoltán Horváth. After him are Cüneyt Arkın, Viacheslav Chornovil, Franz Vranitzky, Francis Veber, Amos Tversky, and Jean-Pierre Beltoise. Among people deceased in 2024, Aleksandr Medved ranks 135. Before him are Norman Jewison, Bernd Hölzenbein, William Labov, Antonio Skármeta, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, and Gediminas Kirkilas. After him are Josef Jelínek, Sandra Milo, Andrea Kékesy, Veljko Bulajić, Philippe Leroy, and Tito Jackson.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Aleksandr Medved ranks 252 out of 1,365. Before him are Marian Jaworski (1926), Abram Ioffe (1880), Grigory Kulik (1890), Lyudmila Gurchenko (1935), Eugen Ehrlich (1862), and Pavel Sudoplatov (1907). After him are Mark Bernes (1911), Otto Struve (1897), Viacheslav Chornovil (1937), Adam Zagajewski (1945), Ida Kamińska (1899), and Samuel Noah Kramer (1897).

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Among WRESTLERS In Ukraine

Among wrestlers born in Ukraine, Aleksandr Medved ranks 1. After him are Ivan Poddubny (1871), Vladimir Kozlov (1979), Ivan Bohdan (1928), Mikhail Mamiashvili (1963), Mariya Stadnik (1988), Andriy Kalashnikov (1964), Daria Bilodid (2000), Zhan Beleniuk (1991), Ilya Mate (1956), Iryna Merleni (1982), and Vyacheslav Oliynyk (1966).

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