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Julius Saaristo

1891 - 1969

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Juho Julius Saaristo (21 July 1891 – 12 October 1969) was a Finnish track and field athlete. He won two medals at the 1912 Olympics: a silver in conventional javelin throw and gold in the two-handed javelin throw, a one-time Olympic event in which the total was a sum of best throws with the right hand and with the left hand. He finished fourth in the javelin throw at the 1920 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julius Saaristo has received more than 21,481 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Julius Saaristo is the 810th most popular athlete (down from 303rd in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from Finland (down from 194th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Julius Saaristo ranks 810 out of 6,025Before him are Phil Heath, Roger Gautier, Tibor Berczelly, Gerhard Auer, Maurice Larrouy, and Frankie Fredericks. After him are Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 66 kg, Phyllis Johnson, George Underwood, Oreste Puliti, Charles Asati, and Charles Reidpath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Julius Saaristo ranks 228Before him are Virgilio Fossati, Zofia Stryjeńska, Zoltán Mechlovits, Issay Dobrowen, Riccardo Bacchelli, and Wallace Reid. After him are Oreste Puliti, E. A. Dupont, Nikolai Golovanov, Arthur Bliss, Paolo Salvi, and Anton Grasser. Among people deceased in 1969, Julius Saaristo ranks 183Before him are Hagigat Rzayeva, Stijn Streuvels, Jim Bellamy, Paul Scherrer, Josef Hassmann, and Oswald Holmberg. After him are Giuseppe Viani, Tom Naudé, Moisés Solana, Károly Fogl, Ardeshir Irani, and Ramdas Gandhi.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Julius Saaristo ranks 299 out of 751Before him are Pentti Eskola (1883), Emppu Vuorinen (1978), Sakari Tuomioja (1911), Matti Sippala (1908), Mr Lordi (1974), and Oskari Tokoi (1873). After him are Rainer von Fieandt (1890), Joonas Kokkonen (1921), Eero Lehtonen (1898), Johannes Gabriel Granö (1882), Antti Tuuri (1944), and Heikki Hasu (1926).

Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Julius Saaristo ranks 40Before him are Viljo Heino (1914), Rodrigo (null), Pauli Nevala (1940), Pekka Vasala (1948), Jorma Kinnunen (1941), and Matti Sippala (1908). After him are Eero Lehtonen (1898), Vilho Tuulos (1895), Urho Peltonen (1893), Kalervo Toivonen (1913), Jalmari Eskola (1886), and Mirja Hietamies (1931).