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Ivan Yarygin

1948 - 1997

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Ivan Sergeyevich Yarygin (Russian: Иван Сергеевич Ярыгин, IPA: [ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ jɪˈrɨɡʲɪn]; 7 November 1948 – 11 October 1997) was a Soviet and Russian heavyweight freestyle wrestler. Between 1970 and 1980 he won all his major international competitions, except for the 1970 and 1974 European championships where he placed second. Yarygin was an Olympic champion in 1972 and 1976, being the first wrestler to go through an Olympic competition with straight pin victories and no foul points, a world champion in 1973, a World Cup winner five times, has never lost a single match in World Cup competition, and a European champion in 1972 and 1975–76, and won a world cup in 1973, 1976–77 and 1979–80. He also set a record for the fastest pin victory in the World Cup history at 27 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Yarygin is the 130th most popular wrestler (down from 84th in 2019), the 1,632nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,722nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Ivan Yarygin ranks 130 out of 1,027. Before him are Drew McIntyre, Kustaa Pihlajamäki, Ted DiBiase, Axel Grönberg, Kevin Owens, and Adolf Lindfors. After him are Natalya Neidhart, Yrjö Saarela, Lou Thesz, AJ Lee, Eino Leino, and Yaşar Doğu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ivan Yarygin ranks 418. Before him are Philip Jackson, Sam Hui, Diane Ackerman, Arnie Robinson, Amani Abeid Karume, and Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi. After him are Wolfgang Haas, Chantal Lauby, Catherine Millet, Barry Hay, Wu Den-yih, and Mohammad Mirmohammadi. Among people deceased in 1997, Ivan Yarygin ranks 204. Before him are Corneliu Baba, Arthur Machado, Kathy Acker, Luigi Cantone, Juzo Itami, and Chūhei Nambu. After him are Robert Pinget, Tete Montoliu, Roger Marche, Voldemar Väli, Bobby Helms, and Josef Pieper.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ivan Yarygin ranks 1,632 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Lisin (1956), Aleksandr Golovin (1863), Carl Neumann (1832), Aleksey Koltsov (1809), Alexander Gradsky (1949), and Alexander Men (1935). After him are Natalya Bondarchuk (1950), Viktor Savinykh (1940), Vladimir Solovyov (1946), Ivan Kireyevsky (1806), Yuriy Voynov (1931), and Alexander Mikulin (1895).

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Among WRESTLERS In Russia

Among wrestlers born in Russia, Ivan Yarygin ranks 6. Before him are The French Angel (1903), Aleksandr Karelin (1967), Khabib Nurmagomedov (1988), Oskari Friman (1893), and Buvaisar Saitiev (1975). After him are Alfred Asikainen (1888), Anatoly Roshchin (1932), Sergei Beloglazov (1956), Boris Gurevich (1931), Soslan Andiyev (1952), and Pavel Pinigin (1953).

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