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Eero Kolehmainen

1918 - 2013

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Eero Johannes Kolehmainen (24 March 1918 – 7 December 2013) was a Finnish cross-country skier. He competed in the 50 km event at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1952, placing fourth in 1956. In 1957, aged 39, he won the 50 km races at the Holmenkollen ski festival and Lahti Ski Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eero Kolehmainen has received more than 15,957 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Eero Kolehmainen is the 1,484th most popular athlete (down from 1,074th in 2019), the 383rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 345th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Eero Kolehmainen ranks 1,484 out of 6,025. Before him are Nadezhda Olizarenko, Hans Liesche, Michel Scheuer, Matthias Steiner, Alfred Neveu, and Walter Chaffe. After him are Boris Shukhov, Erik Algot Fredriksson, Gustaf Lindblom, Václav Mottl, Zoltán Nemere, and Toimi Alatalo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Eero Kolehmainen ranks 280. Before him are Maurice Huet, Alan Jay Lerner, André Bjerke, Fay McKenzie, Gastone Darè, and Margaret Osborne duPont. After him are Ivo Radovniković, Shunpei Uto, Lohengrin Filipello, Dick Esser, Duncan White, and Avery Dulles. Among people deceased in 2013, Eero Kolehmainen ranks 414. Before him are Gene Mako, György Gurics, Huell Howser, Ernest Schultz, Atje Keulen-Deelstra, and Elías Querejeta. After him are Narendra Dabholkar, Jean Kent, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Edward Stevens, Faith Leech, and Derek Kevan.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Eero Kolehmainen ranks 383 out of 751. Before him are Väinö Ikonen (1895), Sulo Nurmela (1908), Aulis Rytkönen (1929), Kaarlo Kangasniemi (1941), Eino Purje (1900), and Kelpo Gröndahl (1920). After him are Toimi Alatalo (1929), Matti Lähde (1911), Tony Kakko (1975), Monika Fagerholm (1961), Santeri Alkio (1862), and Simo Puupponen (1915).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Eero Kolehmainen ranks 68. Before him are Kaarlo Tuominen (1908), Kaarlo Maaninka (1953), Väinö Ikonen (1895), Sulo Nurmela (1908), Kaarlo Kangasniemi (1941), and Eino Purje (1900). After him are Toimi Alatalo (1929), Väinö Siikaniemi (1887), Pentti Linnosvuo (1933), Toivo Hyytiäinen (1925), Arvo Viitanen (1924), and Hugo Lahtinen (1891).

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