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Armas Toivonen

1899 - 1973

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Armas Adam Toivonen (January 20, 1899, Halikko – September 12, 1973) was a Finnish athlete who mainly competed in the men's marathon during his career. He competed for Finland at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's marathon competition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Armas Toivonen has received more than 12,549 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Armas Toivonen is the 338th most popular athlete (up from 432nd in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Finland (up from 233rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Armas Toivonen ranks 338 out of 6,025. Before him are Don Bragg, Bob King, Arthur Blake, Nawal El Moutawakel, Arne Åhman, and Gabriele Reinsch. After him are Eugenio Monti, Ernesto Ambrosini, Evelyn Ashford, Jean Bouin, William Jones, and Frank Foss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Armas Toivonen ranks 181. Before him are Anselmo Alliegro y Milá, Filipp Oktyabrsky, Paul Schmidt, Dora Gerson, Adolf Brudes, and Gale Sondergaard. After him are Nevil Shute, Kenjiro Takayanagi, Ralf Törngren, E. B. White, Masujiro Nishida, and René Petit. Among people deceased in 1973, Armas Toivonen ranks 156. Before him are John Cranko, Winthrop Rockefeller, Lev Artsimovich, Paul Kletzki, Nancy Mitford, and Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt. After him are Louis St. Laurent, Alina Szapocznikow, Joe E. Brown, Kid Ory, David Murray, and Charles Daniels.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Armas Toivonen ranks 183 out of 751. Before him are Marita Lindahl (1938), Alexi Laiho (1979), Eero Berg (1898), Juho Sunila (1875), Elmer Niklander (1890), and Leevi Madetoja (1887). After him are Nils Torvalds (1945), JJ Lehto (1966), Christina Abrahamsdotter (1432), Pekka Halonen (1865), Reino Ragnar Lehto (1898), and Aksel Airo (1898).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Armas Toivonen ranks 17. Before him are Juhani Suutarinen (1943), Lauri Virtanen (1904), Vilho Niittymaa (1896), Jonni Myyrä (1892), Eero Berg (1898), and Elmer Niklander (1890). After him are Julius Skutnabb (1889), Harri Larva (1906), Pertti Karppinen (1953), Arvo Askola (1909), Edvin Wide (1896), and Veikko Kankkonen (1940).

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