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Matti Järvinen

1909 - 1985

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Matti Henrikki Järvinen (18 February 1909 – 22 July 1985) was a Finnish javelin thrower. He won the Olympic gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics ahead of two other Finns, Matti Sippala and Eino Penttilä, with a throw of 72.71 metres. Four of his other five throws would also have been enough to take gold. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matti Järvinen has received more than 25,504 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Matti Järvinen is the 84th most popular athlete (down from 56th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 75th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Matti Järvinen ranks 84 out of 6,025. Before him are Vladimir Kuts, Giorgio Pessina, Ibolya Csák, Eric Lemming, Henri Eberhardt, and Saïd Aouita. After him are Sebastian Coe, Robert Garrett, Harry Porter, Maxie Long, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, and Josy Barthel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Matti Järvinen ranks 107. Before him are Héctor José Cámpora, Juan Bosch, Marie-Thérèse Walter, C. N. Annadurai, Nelson Algren, and Harro Schulze-Boysen. After him are Robert Serber, Eduard Wirths, Abdulrahman Fawzi, Mehmed Orhan, Franz Six, and Gene Krupa. Among people deceased in 1985, Matti Järvinen ranks 79. Before him are David Purley, Nicolas Frantz, Heinz Hoffmann, Fred Uhlman, Denis de Rougemont, and Karl Menger. After him are Tapio Wirkkala, Eugene Ormandy, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Lovro von Matačić, André Hunebelle, and Oreco.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Matti Järvinen ranks 93 out of 751. Before him are Liisi Oterma (1915), Elissa Aalto (1922), Markku Alén (1951), Aimo Cajander (1879), Minna Canth (1844), and Ilmari Juutilainen (1914). After him are Tapio Wirkkala (1915), Sanna Marin (1985), Pentti Linkola (1932), Rolf Nevanlinna (1895), Arvid Horn (1664), and Väinö Tanner (1881).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Matti Järvinen ranks 5. Before him are Paavo Nurmi (1897), Hannes Kolehmainen (1889), Ville Ritola (1896), and Lasse Virén (1949). After him are Albin Stenroos (1889), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Elias Katz (1901), Ilmari Salminen (1902), Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Juhani Suutarinen (1943), and Lauri Virtanen (1904).

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