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Kalervo Toivonen

1913 - 2006

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Kaarlo Kalervo Toivonen (22 January 1913, Salo – 25 July 2006) was a Finnish athlete who mainly competed in the men's javelin throw during his career. Toivonen represented Finland at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he threw the javelin 70.72 metres to win the bronze medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kalervo Toivonen has received more than 9,342 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Kalervo Toivonen is the 880th most popular athlete (down from 833rd in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from Finland (down from 316th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kalervo Toivonen ranks 880 out of 6,025. Before him are Tullio Baraglia, Jean Collas, Mark Rakita, Dumitru Pârvulescu, Larry James, and George Parker. After him are Fiorenzo Marini, Carlos Rodríguez, Niger at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Judo, David Hall, Alexandros Chalkokondylis, and Klaus Beer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Kalervo Toivonen ranks 285. Before him are Mary Martin, Giovanni Valetti, Robert Strauss, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Cornelius Johnson, and Aleksanteri Saarvala. After him are Ulderico Sergo, Armand Lanoux, Marc Davis, Andrzej Mostowski, Douglas Slocombe, and Robertson Davies. Among people deceased in 2006, Kalervo Toivonen ranks 273. Before him are Milan Damjanović, Savino Guglielmetti, Al Harker, Ingvar Gärd, Kasey Rogers, and Lyuben Berov. After him are Elton Dean, Lyubov Polishchuk, Ruth Brown, Alvin M. Weinberg, Duygu Asena, and Barnard Hughes.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kalervo Toivonen ranks 317 out of 751. Before him are Kaarlo Koskelo (1888), Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1955), Okko Kamu (1946), Tua Forsström (1947), Jussi Halla-aho (1971), and Yrjö Saarela (1884). After him are Urho Castrén (1886), Arvo Ylppö (1887), Jalmari Eskola (1886), Miina Sillanpää (1866), Adolf Lindfors (1879), and Kirka (1950).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Kalervo Toivonen ranks 44. Before him are Jorma Kinnunen (1941), Matti Sippala (1908), Julius Saaristo (1891), Eero Lehtonen (1898), Vilho Tuulos (1895), and Urho Peltonen (1893). After him are Jalmari Eskola (1886), Mirja Hietamies (1931), Veli Saarinen (1902), Paavo Yrjölä (1902), Antero Kivi (1904), and Ville Pörhölä (1897).

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