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Helena Takalo

1947 - Today

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Anni Helena Takalo (née Kivioja, born 28 October 1947) is a Finnish former cross-country skier. She was born in Nivala, and was dominant women's cross-country skiing in the 1970s, earning five Winter Olympic medals and four FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medals (golds in 5 km and 4 × 5 km relay (both 1978), and bronzes in 3 × 5 km relay (1970), 10 km (1974), and 20 km (1978).). Takalo also won the women's 5 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helena Takalo has received more than 25,402 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Helena Takalo is the 153rd most popular skier (down from 138th in 2019), the 395th most popular biography from Finland (down from 346th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Finnish Skier.

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  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Helena Takalo ranks 153 out of 817. Before her are Yelena Vyalbe, Michela Figini, Ernst Vettori, Nikolay Anikin, Olga Pall, and Rok Petrovič. After her are Finn Christian Jagge, Franz Gabl, Maria Walliser, Stig Sollander, Dagmar Rom, and Georg Thoma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Helena Takalo ranks 713. Before her are Hawa Abdi, Anne Fine, Guy François, Ada Kok, Olga Pall, and Klaus Reichert. After her are Hal Abelson, Gustav Hasford, Stephen R. Donaldson, Tomas Pettersson, Jan-Erik Enestam, and Navin Ramgoolam.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Helena Takalo ranks 395 out of 751. Before her are Simo Puupponen (1915), Lucina Hagman (1863), Johan Sigfrid Sirén (1889), Väinö Siikaniemi (1887), Hjalmar Mellin (1854), and Edvin Laine (1905). After her are Arvo Haavisto (1900), Pentti Linnosvuo (1933), Eevi Huttunen (1922), Jan-Erik Enestam (1947), Klaes Karppinen (1907), and Toni Nieminen (1975).

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Among SKIERS In Finland

Among skiers born in Finland, Helena Takalo ranks 14. Before her are Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1955), Tapio Mäkelä (1926), Jouko Törmänen (1954), Paavo Lonkila (1923), Aki Karvonen (1957), and Matti Lähde (1911). After her are Klaes Karppinen (1907), Toni Nieminen (1975), Väinö Huhtala (1935), Niilo Halonen (1940), Jari Puikkonen (1959), and Jani Soininen (1972).

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