Willem Ruska Judoka
Willem Ruska
Willem Ruska
Country: Netherlands | Born: 29 August 1940 | Passed away: 14 February 2015 (74 years)
Wim Ruska was the 1972 double Olympic Champion of Munich. The strong Dutchman was one of the most legendary fighters. He was 7 times European Champion 1966-1972 and won 3 World medals, World champion in 1967 and 1971. Although he was younger, Anton Geesink was his rival. Ruska passed away in 2015.
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Match balance per year
Year Matches Won Lost % won
1972 11 10 1 90.9%
1971 7 6 1 85.7%
1969 12 9 3 75.0%
Total 30 25 5 83.3%
Head-to-heads
Date Opponent Noc Rnd W/L Type Event Cat video
9 Sep 1972 Kuznetsov, Vitaly URS final W OG Munich OpenM
9 Sep 1972 Glahn, Klaus GER 3/5 W OG Munich OpenM
9 Sep 1972 Brondani, Jean-Claude FRA 1/2 W OG Munich OpenM
9 Sep 1972 Ishii, Chiaki BRA 5/7 W OG Munich OpenM
9 Sep 1972 Kuznetsov, Vitaly URS 1/4 L OG Munich OpenM
9 Sep 1972 García, Fernando PHI 1/8 W OG Munich OpenM
1 Sep 1972 Glahn, Klaus GER final W OG Munich O93
1 Sep 1972 Nishimura, Motoki JPN 1/2 W OG Munich O93
1 Sep 1972 Nelson, Douglas USA 1/4 W OG Munich O93
1 Sep 1972 Ben Kassou, Tijini MAR 1/8 W OG Munich O93
1 Sep 1972 Falk, Ulrich SUI 1/16 W OG Munich OpenM
4 Sep 1971 Glahn, Klaus GER final W WCh Ludwigshafen O93
4 Sep 1971 Iwata, Hisakazu JPN 1/2 W WCh Ludwigshafen O93
4 Sep 1971 Remfry, Keith GBR 1/2 W WCh Ludwigshafen O93
4 Sep 1971 Usik, Vasily URS 1/4 W WCh Ludwigshafen O93
4 Sep 1971 Meier, Alfred GER 1/8 W WCh Ludwigshafen O93
4 Sep 1971 Brondani, Jean-Claude FRA 1/16 W WCh Ludwigshafen O93
4 Sep 1971 Chandri, José PUR 1/32 L WCh Ludwigshafen OpenM
25 Oct 1969 Shinomaki, Masatoshi JPN final L WCh Mexico City OpenM
25 Oct 1969 Sato, Nobuyuki JPN 3/5 W WCh Mexico City OpenM
25 Oct 1969 Kibrotsashvili, Anzor URS 5/7 W WCh Mexico City OpenM
25 Oct 1969 Chung, Sam-Hyun KOR 9/12 W WCh Mexico City OpenM
25 Oct 1969 Krajinovic, Radovan YUG 13/16 W WCh Mexico City OpenM
25 Oct 1969 Shinomaki, Masatoshi JPN 1/16 L WCh Mexico City OpenM
25 Oct 1969 Fisher, Joe NZL 1/32 W WCh Mexico City OpenM
23 Oct 1969 De Wandeleer, Henri BEL 1/8 L WCh Mexico City O93
18 May 1969 Onashvili, Givi URS final W ECh Oostende O93
18 May 1969 Meier, Alfred GER 1/2 W ECh Oostende O93
18 May 1969 Onashvili, Givi URS 1/4 W ECh Oostende O93
18 May 1969 Whelan, Noël IRL 1/8 W ECh Oostende O93
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