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Waldemar Legień

1963 - Today

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Waldemar Legień (born 28 August 1963) is a Polish retired judoka. He won two Olympic gold medals in different weight classes, in 1988 and 1992. He is also the first person to win back-to-back two Olympic gold medals in Judo. For his achievements, he received the Commandor's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2019 (previously Knight's Cross in 1988 and Officer's Cross in 1992). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Waldemar Legień is the 118th most popular martial arts (down from 98th in 2024), the 1,379th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,369th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Waldemar Legień ranks 118 out of 179. Before him are Girolamo Giovinazzo, Maurício Rua, Paddy Pimblett, Gökhan Saki, Rafael Aghayev, and Paweł Nastula. After him are Benson Henderson, Belal Muhammad, Alexander Gustafsson, Nikolay Solodukhin, Matt Hughes, and Junior dos Santos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Waldemar Legień ranks 802. Before him are Chieko Honda, Kristina Lilley, John Kirby, Greg Daniels, Oleg Znarok, and Mimma Zavoli. After him are Geir Karlstad, Sándor Wladár, Fernando de Araújo, Michiru Yamane, John Michael Higgins, and Cristina Marcos.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Waldemar Legień ranks 1,379 out of 1,694. Before him are Rafał Blechacz (1985), Tomasz Tomiak (1967), Paweł Nastula (1970), Wojciech Smarzowski (1963), Michael Witzel (1943), and Robert Biedroń (1976). After him are Agata Kulesza (1971), Jerzy Brzęczek (1971), Lucyna Langer (1956), Roman Giertych (1971), Mariusz Czerkawski (1972), and Kamil Grosicki (1988).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Poland

Among martial arts born in Poland, Waldemar Legień ranks 4. Before him are Mariusz Pudzianowski (1977), Jan Błachowicz (1983), and Paweł Nastula (1970). After him are Joanna Jędrzejczyk (1987), and Karolina Kowalkiewicz (1985).

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