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Wim Ruska

1940 - 2015

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Willem "Wim" Ruska (29 August 1940 – 14 February 2015) was a Dutch judoka and professional wrestler. He is the first athlete to win two gold medals in Judo in one Olympics – in the heavyweight and absolute categories in 1972. He later worked as a professional wrestler in New Japan Pro-Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation, both as a singles wrestler and as a tag team partner of Allen Coage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wim Ruska is the 54th most popular wrestler (down from 31st in 2019), the 474th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 481st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Wim Ruska ranks 54 out of 1,027. Before him are Bret Hart, Daniel Bryan, Ivan Poddubny, Buvaisar Saitiev, Big Boss Man, and Hardcore Holly. After him are Bray Wyatt, El Santo, Seth Rollins, Randy Savage, Gholamreza Takhti, and Jon Moxley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Wim Ruska ranks 215. Before him are Angela Carter, Marie-José Nat, Macha Méril, Helmut Jahn, Ali Nasir Muhammad, and Christoph Blocher. After him are Marcelino Martínez, Jack Nicklaus, Dallas Long, Kunimitsu Takahashi, Gérard Larrousse, and Jana Brejchová. Among people deceased in 2015, Wim Ruska ranks 161. Before him are Eileen Essell, Judith Malina, Elena Obraztsova, Jeralean Talley, Nicholas Liverpool, and Giovanni Canestri. After him are Nek Chand, Erik De Vlaeminck, Percy Sledge, Adrian Frutiger, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, and Dragan Holcer.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Wim Ruska ranks 474 out of 1,646. Before him are Princess Marie of the Netherlands (1841), Lenny Kuhr (1950), Reinhart Dozy (1820), Gerald Vanenburg (1964), Isaac van Ostade (1621), and Herman van Veen (1945). After him are Barend Biesheuvel (1920), Eduard van Beinum (1900), Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873), Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587), Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934), and Hennie Kuiper (1949).

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Among WRESTLERS In Netherlands

Among wrestlers born in Netherlands, Wim Ruska ranks 2. Before him are Anton Geesink (1934). After him are Aleister Black (1985), Ruben Houkes (1979), Mark Huizinga (1973), Edith Bosch (1980), Dennis van der Geest (1975), Anicka van Emden (1986), Sanne van Dijke (1995), Guusje Steenhuis (1992), Frank de Wit (1996), and Michael Korrel (1994).

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