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Antti Hyvärinen

1932 - 2000

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Antti Abram Hyvärinen (21 June 1932 – 13 January 2000) was a Finnish ski jumper and coach. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics in the normal hill event and finished in seventh and first place, respectively, becoming the first non-Norwegian ski jumper to win an Olympic gold medal. In 1956 he also served as the flag bearer for Finland at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics and won the jumping event at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antti Hyvärinen has received more than 18,991 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Antti Hyvärinen is the 20th most popular skier (up from 64th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Finland (up from 241st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Skier.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.50

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Antti Hyvärinen ranks 20 out of 817. Before him are Bjørn Wirkola, Sixten Jernberg, Noriaki Kasai, Hermann Maier, Heinrich Messner, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll. After him are Gustav Thöni, Toralf Engan, Laila Schou Nilsen, Marc Girardelli, Torbjørn Falkanger, and Erik Schinegger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Antti Hyvärinen ranks 221. Before him are Tony Brooks, Stefanie Zweig, Ervin László, Bruno S., Nikolay Rukavishnikov, and Robert Anton Wilson. After him are Joanna Chmielewska, Enzo Mari, Ray Cooney, Arnold Wesker, Henri Namphy, and Per Nørgård. Among people deceased in 2000, Antti Hyvärinen ranks 138. Before him are David Tomlinson, Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Spyros Markezinis, Jerzy Giedroyc, Gus Hall, and Jean Carzou. After him are Douglas Fairbanks Jr., W. D. Hamilton, Abraham Pais, Basil Bernstein, Jean-Claude Izzo, and Nicholas Clay.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Antti Hyvärinen ranks 141 out of 751. Before him are Selim Palmgren (1878), Klaus Fleming (1535), Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1759), Anders Johan Lexell (1740), Hugo Österman (1892), and Juha Sipilä (1961). After him are Magnus Enckell (1870), Kalevi Sorsa (1930), Ville Valo (1976), Robert Kajanus (1856), Martin Wegelius (1846), and Lill Lindfors (1940).

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Among SKIERS In Finland

Among skiers born in Finland, Antti Hyvärinen ranks 2. Before him are Matti Nykänen (1963). After him are Juha Mieto (1949), Janne Ahonen (1977), Toini Gustafsson (1938), Aulis Kallakorpi (1929), Heikki Hasu (1926), Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1955), Tapio Mäkelä (1926), Jouko Törmänen (1954), Paavo Lonkila (1923), and Aki Karvonen (1957).

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