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Armas Taipale

1890 - 1976

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Armas Rudolf Taipale (27 July 1890 – 9 November 1976) was a Finnish athlete. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won gold medals in two discus throw events, conventional and two-handed, where the total was counted as a sum of best throws with a left hand and with a right hand. After World War I, he won a silver medal in the conventional discus throw at the 1920 Olympics and finished tenth in the shot put. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Armas Taipale has received more than 21,868 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Armas Taipale is the 486th most popular athlete (down from 224th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 156th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Armas Taipale ranks 486 out of 6,025. Before him are Hector Dyer, Władysław Komar, Mahmoud Fayad, Jacques Noël, Heide Rosendahl, and Veikko Karvonen. After him are Launceston Elliot, Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Frank Loomis, Trine Hattestad, Eugène Balme, and Ellen Braumüller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Armas Taipale ranks 170. Before him are Jeanne Eagels, Thomas Tien Ken-sin, E. E. Smith, Lauritz Melchior, Lev Chernyi, and José Piendibene. After him are Naima Wifstrand, Lily Kronberger, Percy Hodge, Harold Spencer Jones, Mykola Zerov, and Ellen Osiier. Among people deceased in 1976, Armas Taipale ranks 175. Before him are Zainul Abedin, Fritz Rasp, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Yashpal, Marguerite Laugier, and Jens Bjørneboe. After him are Jimmy Reed, Alfred Landé, Taos Amrouche, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, Stanley Baker, and James Wong Howe.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Armas Taipale ranks 253 out of 751. Before him are Erkki Tuomioja (1946), Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870), Kullervo Manner (1880), Teemu Sippo (1947), Toini Gustafsson (1938), and Fanny Churberg (1845). After him are Jorma Ollila (1950), Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791), Stina Ekblad (1954), Sigrid Fick (1887), Ali Aaltonen (1884), and Eino Penttilä (1906).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Armas Taipale ranks 24. Before him are Julius Skutnabb (1889), Harri Larva (1906), Pertti Karppinen (1953), Arvo Askola (1909), Edvin Wide (1896), and Veikko Kankkonen (1940). After him are Eino Penttilä (1906), Toivo Loukola (1902), Paavo Johansson (1895), Verner Järvinen (1870), Heikki Liimatainen (1894), and Martti Marttelin (1897).

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