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Heli Rantanen

1970 - Today

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Heli Orvokki Rantanen (born 26 February 1970) is a retired Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She was an Olympic Champion, having won gold in 1996. Her winning throw of 67.94 m was more than two metres ahead of the silver medalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heli Rantanen has received more than 26,206 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Heli Rantanen is the 3,230th most popular athlete (down from 2,384th in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 511th in 2019) and the 100th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Heli Rantanen ranks 3,230 out of 6,025Before her are Brigitte Kraus, Vita Pavlysh, Andrei Krauchanka, Ota Zaremba, Ezekiel Kemboi, and George Poage. After her are Sylvain Guillaume, Wang Liping, Aleksandra Mirosław, Moritz Wagner, Brendan Foster, and Valentyna Semerenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Heli Rantanen ranks 751Before her are Alberto David, Mike Mitchell, Josip Zovko, Kentaro Sawada, Brooke Langton, and Tracy Middendorf. After her are James Lesure, Derrick Adkins, Gilles Grimandi, Olga Danilova, Rodolfo Chikilicuatre, and Natalia Mishkutionok.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Heli Rantanen ranks 552 out of 751Before her are Sami Kapanen (1973), Kjell Carlström (1976), Juuso Pykälistö (1975), Kalle Palander (1977), Olli Huttunen (1960), and Pekka Rinne (1982). After her are Stala (1974), Valtteri Filppula (1984), Veli-Matti Lindström (1983), Hannu Virta (1963), Emil Ruusuvuori (1999), and Tami Kiuru (1976).

Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Heli Rantanen ranks 100Before her are Tapio Korjus (1961), Janne Lahtela (1974), Tomi Poikolainen (1961), Tapio Sipilä (1958), Thomas Johanson (1969), and Aki Parviainen (1974). After her are Kimmo Kinnunen (1968), Niklas Hagman (1979), Arsi Harju (1974), Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (1970), Mikko Kolehmainen (1964), and Markku Uusipaavalniemi (1966).