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Elmer Niklander

1890 - 1942

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Elmer Konstantin Niklander (19 January 1890 – 12 November 1942) was a Finnish athlete who competed in throwing events, winning the gold medal in the 1920 discus throw and three other Olympic medals and 44 Finnish championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elmer Niklander has received more than 18,353 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Elmer Niklander is the 328th most popular athlete (up from 336th in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Finland (up from 202nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Elmer Niklander ranks 328 out of 6,025. Before him are Juan Carlos Zabala, Sándor Rozsnyói, Henry Russell, Nancy Mackay, Eero Berg, and Kenenisa Bekele. After him are John Akii-Bua, Adolfo Consolini, Ethel Catherwood, Don Bragg, Bob King, and Arthur Blake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Elmer Niklander ranks 147. Before him are Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Karl Freund, Joseph Helffrich, Alexander Granach, Rudolf von Bünau, and Boris Delaunay. After him are Vera Inber, Katherine Anne Porter, Moa Martinson, Arthur Holmes, George Horine, and Tibor Szamuely. Among people deceased in 1942, Elmer Niklander ranks 155. Before him are Jack Greenwell, Adolphe Grisel, Daniel Alomía Robles, Ants Piip, Natalya Kovshova, and Joseph Larmor. After him are Zofia Zamenhof, Mahadev Desai, Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Heinrich Burger, Nicholas Adontz, and Emil von Sauer.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Elmer Niklander ranks 181 out of 751. Before him are Vilho Niittymaa (1896), Jonni Myyrä (1892), Marita Lindahl (1938), Alexi Laiho (1979), Eero Berg (1898), and Juho Sunila (1875). After him are Leevi Madetoja (1887), Armas Toivonen (1899), Nils Torvalds (1945), JJ Lehto (1966), Christina Abrahamsdotter (1432), and Pekka Halonen (1865).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Elmer Niklander ranks 16. Before him are Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Juhani Suutarinen (1943), Lauri Virtanen (1904), Vilho Niittymaa (1896), Jonni Myyrä (1892), and Eero Berg (1898). After him are Armas Toivonen (1899), Julius Skutnabb (1889), Harri Larva (1906), Pertti Karppinen (1953), Arvo Askola (1909), and Edvin Wide (1896).

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