Wim Ruska's Birth Card: The 10 of Hearts

In the record

Willem "Wim" Ruska (29 August 1940 – 14 February 2015) was a Dutch judoka and professional wrestler. The birth-card coordinate for August 29 is the 10 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of Wim Ruska's 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in judo.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in judo for Kingdom of the Netherlands across 1972. Only Summer Games gold medals count here. Winter-only careers and single-gold athletes are out of this pack. The medal list is a public award record for Wim Ruska (Q1375290), not a reading of character. 1972: gold in judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics – men's +93 kg in judo. 1972: gold in judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics – men's open category in judo.

• 1972 judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics – men's +93 kg (judo)
• 1972 judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics – men's open category (judo)

The 10 of Hearts coordinate

Wim Ruska was born August 29 (1940-08-29). Month 8 and day 29 give solar value 10, which is the 10 of Hearts (The Community Heart). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1940 is unused. The 10 of Hearts does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Wim Ruska for Kingdom of the Netherlands. Quoted system copy for the 10 of Hearts, not a biography of Wim Ruska: You make room for a lot of people and still keep a self inside the room. Your heart works at scale—you create belonging for families, groups, and communities, not just individuals. You're the one who makes everyone feel included, the emotional center of gravity in a room. Love, for you, is something you build collectively.

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Wim Ruska in the public record

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 fellow Olympic judoka "Bad News Allen" Allen Coage. Ruska was born in Amsterdam on August 24, 1940. He started learning judo at the Dutch Navy, later traveling to Japan for further training. In the 1960s and 1970s, under the training of Jon Bluming, he won seven European titles, five in the +93 kg category (1966–67, 1969, 1971–72) and two in the open category (1969 and 1972). He furthermore won two world titles (1967 and 1971) and two Olympic titles. His success at the 1972 Summer Olympics was overshadowed by the Munich massacre that took place days before. He retired after the 1972 Olympics and later took part in professional wrestling.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Wim Ruska (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 5 of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Wim Ruska, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

Quick thinking and mental flexibility

He is the first athlete to win two gold medals in Judo in one Olympics – in the heavyweight and absolute categories in 1972.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: athlete.

Also on the record

1. Ruska competed between 1976 and 1980 for the New Japan Pro-Wrestling and World Wide Wrestling Federation promotions.
2. He had over 150 pro wrestling matches, in some of which he was the tag team partner of fellow judoka Allen Coage.
3. In 1976, during a tour through Brazil, Ruska was slated to fight a special, high-level bout against Ivan Gomes, a famous vale tudo fighter and former NJPW wrestler himself, on August 7 at the Maracanã Stadium.
4. Previous negotiations about the match's results and length were troublesome, and as a result, there was tension between the parts.

Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card

• Kornelia Ender — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Shane Gould — 4 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Caren Metschuck — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Stanislav Pozdnyakov — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing

FAQ

What is Wim Ruska's birth card?

The 10 of Hearts. August 29 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Wim Ruska's year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict Olympic medals?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast races, medals, character, or fate.

Where do Wim Ruska's dates and medals come from?

Birth date 1940-08-29 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Wim Ruska, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Medal count (2 Summer Olympic gold medals in judo) comes from Wikidata P1344 event claims with P166 Olympic gold, limited to Summer Games. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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