Wim Ruska

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Olympic medal record
Competitor for Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Men's judo
Olympic Games
Gold Munich 1972 +93 kg
Gold Munich 1972 Open
World Championships
Gold 1967 Salt Lake City +93 kg
Silver 1969 Mexico City Open
Gold 1971 Ludwigshafen +93 kg


Willem ("Wim") Ruska (born August 29, 1940 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a retired judoka from The Netherlands.

During his career in the 1960's and 1970's he won seven European titles, two world titles and two Olympic titles. His success at the 1972 Olympic Games was overshadowed by the terrorist actions that took place days before, this and other things contributed to the fact that he has not become as famous as his compatriot Anton Geesink.

In 2001 Ruska suffered a major stroke which left him physically disabled.

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