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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 23,064 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Matti Järvinen is the 56th most popular athlete (up from 72nd in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Finland (up from 84th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Matti Järvinen ranks 56 out of 3,059. Before him are Sebastian Coe, Eddie Eagan, Dana Zátopková, Dora Ratjen, Hans Woellke, and Irving Baxter. After him are Alvin Kraenzlein, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Josy Barthel, Yelena Isinbayeva, Naim Süleymanoğlu, and Jan Jindra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Matti Järvinen ranks 93. Before him are William M. Branham, Stavros Niarchos, Shigeo Shingo, Edwin H. Land, Eduard Wirths, and Atsushi Nakajima. After him are Adolfo López Mateos, Nelson Algren, August Derleth, Karl Schäfer, Adib Shishakli, and Isa Miranda. Among people deceased in 1985, Matti Järvinen ranks 68. Before him are David Purley, Helmuth Plessner, Nicolas Frantz, Philly Joe Jones, Eugene Ormandy, and Fred Uhlman. After him are Denis de Rougemont, Edmond O'Brien, Vasyl Stus, Wolfgang Reitherman, Heinz Hoffmann, and Afet İnan.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Matti Järvinen ranks 75 out of 642. Before him are Clas Thunberg (1893), Leif Segerstam (1944), Paavo Lipponen (1941), Minna Canth (1844), Edvard Westermarck (1862), and Jaakko Hintikka (1929). After him are Henri Toivonen (1956), Juhani Aho (1861), Jarno Saarinen (1945), Eero Aarnio (1932), Fredrika Bremer (1801), and Tommi Mäkinen (1964).

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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), Lasse Virén (1949), and Ville Ritola (1896). After him are Albin Stenroos (1889), Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Lauri Virtanen (1904), Elias Katz (1901), and Veikko Kankkonen (1940).

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