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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 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Bruce Baumgartner is the 402nd most popular wrestler (down from 249th in 2024), the 12,876th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,647th in 2019) and the 169th most popular American Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Bruce Baumgartner ranks 402 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 643. Before her are Christian Engström, Rivo Rakotovao, Kara Wai, Aécio Neves, Cumrun Vafa, and Ljubomir Radanović. After her are Per Fly, Seiko Noda, Konstantin Volkov, Éric Caritoux, Chuck D, and Marin Raykov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bruce Baumgartner ranks 12,880 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 169. 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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