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Bruce Baumgartner

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Bruce Robert Baumgartner (born November 2, 1960) is an American former freestyle wrestler. He is the current assistant vice president for university advancement and former athletic director at the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania near Erie, Pennsylvania and current President of USA Wrestling. Baumgartner is among the best American wrestlers of all time; his five World/Olympic titles place him behind only Jordan Burroughs, John Smith, and Adeline Gray. Between 1983 and 1996, Baumgartner won 13 World or Olympic medals, the most World and Olympic medals among American wrestlers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruce Baumgartner is the 398th most popular wrestler (down from 249th in 2019), the 12,831st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,650th in 2019) and the 168th most popular American Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Bruce Baumgartner ranks 398 out of 1,027. Before her are Shohei Ono, Shamil Khisamutdinov, David Douillet, Mandy Rose, Curt Hawkins, and Karl Anderson. After her are JTG, Toshihiko Koga, Mustafa Ali, Levon Julfalakyan, Naoya Ogawa, and Adam Rose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Bruce Baumgartner ranks 580. Before her are Christian Engström, Rivo Rakotovao, Kara Wai, Aécio Neves, Cumrun Vafa, and Ljubomir Radanović. After her are Seiko Noda, Konstantin Volkov, Éric Caritoux, Chuck D, Marin Raykov, and Ulf Bengtsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bruce Baumgartner ranks 12,835 out of 20,380. Before her are Big Joe Williams (1903), Jessica Meir (1977), Jordan Mechner (1964), Jane Withers (1926), Todd Bridges (1965), and Marion Jones (1975). After her are Bill Fagerbakke (1957), George Walsh (1889), JTG (1984), Kelli Williams (1970), Cam Clarke (1957), and Annie Dillard (1945).

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Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, Bruce Baumgartner ranks 168. Before her are Jeff Jarrett (1967), Brian Kendrick (1979), Dominik Mysterio (1997), Mandy Rose (1990), Curt Hawkins (1985), and Karl Anderson (1980). After her are JTG (1984), Mustafa Ali (1986), Elias (1987), Kendall Cross (1968), Summer Rae (1983), and Matt Riddle (1986).

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