Wim Ruska

Wim Ruska
Wim Ruska in 1968
Personal information
Full nameWillem Ruska
NicknameTarzan of the Tatami
Born(1940-08-29)29 August 1940
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Died14 February 2015(2015-02-14) (aged 74)
OccupationJudoka
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight110 kg (243 lb)
Websitewww.willemruska.nl Edit this at Wikidata
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportJudo
Weight class+93 kg, Open
Rank     8th dan black belt
Profile at external databases
IJF54566
JudoInside.com4463
Updated on 24 June 2023

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.[1]

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.[2]

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