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Arvo Aaltonen

1892 - 1949

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Arvo Ossian Aaltonen (2 December 1892 – 17 June 1949) was a Finnish breaststroke swimmer who competed at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. He won bronze medals in the 200 m and 400 m events in 1920, and failed to reach the finals in 1912 and 1924. Aaltonen was the first, and until 1992 (with Antti Kasvio's bronze medal-winning 200m freestyle performance), the only Finnish Olympic medalist in swimming. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arvo Aaltonen has received more than 11,991 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Arvo Aaltonen is the 21st most popular swimmer, the 204th most popular biography from Finland and the most popular Finnish Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Arvo Aaltonen ranks 21 out of 709. Before him are Greta Andersen, George Kojac, Ken Walsh, Otto Wahle, Charles Daniels, and Don Schollander. After him are Katalin Szőke, George Hodgson, Ilona Novák, Helen Johns, István Bárány, and Kornelia Ender.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Arvo Aaltonen ranks 196. Before him are Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Peter Doi, Theodor Plievier, Renée Jeanne Falconetti, Moisei Ginzburg, and Bessie Coleman. After him are Stanisław Ostrowski, P. C. Chang, Dorothy Garrod, Peter Romanovsky, Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, and Mykola Kulish. Among people deceased in 1949, Arvo Aaltonen ranks 120. Before him are Paul Chocque, Edward Stettinius Jr., Sekiryo Kaneda, Uemura Shōen, Chairil Anwar, and Nora Gregor. After him are Nikolai Semashko, René Maire, Carl Vaugoin, Themistoklis Sofoulis, Stoyan Danev, and Vasily Lebedev-Kumach.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Arvo Aaltonen ranks 204 out of 751. Before him are Walter Jakobsson (1882), Valtteri Bottas (1989), Lars Sonck (1870), Rudolf Walden (1878), Heikki Savolainen (1907), and Adolf Ehrnrooth (1905). After him are Marion Rung (1945), Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Kalevi Aho (1949), Frans Michael Franzén (1772), Emil Väre (1885), and Pertti Karppinen (1953).

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Among SWIMMERS In Finland

Among swimmers born in Finland, Arvo Aaltonen ranks 1. After him are Jani Sievinen (1974), Hanna-Maria Seppälä (1984), Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (1989), Matti Mattsson (1993), Ida Hulkko (1998), and Mimosa Jallow (1994).

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