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Kaarlo Kangasniemi

1941 - Today

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Kaarlo Olavi Kangasniemi (born 4 February 1941) is a retired Finnish weightlifter. Between 1968 and 1972 he won one Olympic, two world and two European titles in the 90 kg division, becoming the only Finnish weightlifter to win either an Olympic or world title. In the same period he set 16 ratified world records: four in the press, seven in the snatch and five in the total. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kaarlo Kangasniemi has received more than 21,611 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Kaarlo Kangasniemi is the 970th most popular athlete (down from 690th in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from Finland (down from 291st in 2019) and the 56th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kaarlo Kangasniemi ranks 970 out of 3,059. Before him are Käthe Krauss, Finn Pedersen, Fred Børre Lundberg, Henri Jobier, Ernst Larsen, and Edwin Hedley. After him are Anastasiya Kuzmina, Jafar Salmasi, Ervin Mészáros, Fritz Schwab, William Hogenson, and Walter Byron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Kaarlo Kangasniemi ranks 453. Before him are Oja Kodar, R. James Woolsey Jr., Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Kálmán Ihász, Dack Rambo, and Wilfrid Napier. After him are Michael Howard, Wolfgang Blochwitz, Armand Forcherio, Jagjit Singh, Anton Pronk, and David Darling.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kaarlo Kangasniemi ranks 338 out of 642. Before him are Paavo Väyrynen (1946), Hannu Salama (1936), Katri Vala (1901), Toni Nieminen (1975), Urho Peltonen (1893), and Paavo Lonkila (1923). After him are Sirkka Polkunen (1927), Leena Krohn (1947), Väinö Siikaniemi (1887), Karita Mattila (1960), Eevi Huttunen (1922), and Santeri Alkio (1862).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Kaarlo Kangasniemi ranks 56. Before him are Eino Purje (1900), Jalmari Eskola (1886), Kalervo Toivonen (1913), Mirja Hietamies (1931), Kaarlo Tuominen (1908), and Urho Peltonen (1893). After him are Sirkka Polkunen (1927), Väinö Siikaniemi (1887), Eero Kolehmainen (1918), Vilho Niittymaa (1896), Erkki Kataja (1924), and Kaisa Mäkäräinen (1983).

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