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Anatoly Roshchin

1932 - 2016

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Anatoly Aleksandrovich Roshchin (Russian: Анатолий Александрович Рощин, 10 March 1932 – 5 January 2016) was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Russia. Between 1962 and 1972 he won nine medals at the Summer Olympics and world championships, including four gold medals. Roshchin lost his father during World War II and had to start working as a shepherd aged 10. In 1950, seeking a better job, he moved from his village to Moscow. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anatoly Roshchin is the 234th most popular wrestler (down from 88th in 2019), the 2,100th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,760th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Russian Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Anatoly Roshchin ranks 234 out of 1,027. Before him are CM Punk, Paul Heyman, Zakaria Chihab, Carly Colón, Ferenc Seres, and Ricky Steamboat. After him are Bam Bam Bigelow, Jake Roberts, Robert Van de Walle, Damien Sandow, Avtandil Koridze, and Asuka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Anatoly Roshchin ranks 434. Before him are Germano de Figueiredo, Monte Hellman, Jenő Dalnoki, Volodymyr Dakhno, John Emery, and Antonio Suárez. After him are Noël Milarew Odingar, Marc Bazin, Abel Aganbegyan, Vitold Kreyer, Pauline Oliveros, and Dino Bruni. Among people deceased in 2016, Anatoly Roshchin ranks 431. Before him are Francisco Flores Pérez, Fernando Cardenal, Rudolf Haag, José Luis Artetxe, David Margulies, and Ronit Elkabetz. After him are Donald E. Williams, Jacques Rouffio, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, Pauline Oliveros, Solomon Marcus, and John Urry.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Anatoly Roshchin ranks 2,100 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Martynov (1946), Ratmir Kholmov (1925), Vitaly Tseshkovsky (1944), Viktor Konovalenko (1938), Boris Stenin (1935), and Timofey Granovsky (1813). After him are Boris Livanov (1904), Stanislav Smirnov (1970), Valentin Gavrilov (1946), Lev Chugaev (1873), Grigory Rodchenkov (1958), and Ivan Rybkin (1946).

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Among WRESTLERS In Russia

Among wrestlers born in Russia, Anatoly Roshchin ranks 8. Before him are Aleksandr Karelin (1967), Khabib Nurmagomedov (1988), Oskari Friman (1893), Buvaisar Saitiev (1975), Ivan Yarygin (1948), and Alfred Asikainen (1888). After him are Sergei Beloglazov (1956), Boris Gurevich (1931), Soslan Andiyev (1952), Pavel Pinigin (1953), Roman Dmitriyev (1949), and Adam Saitiev (1977).

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