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Paavo Aaltonen

1919 - 1962

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Paavo Johannes Aaltonen (11 December 1919 – 9 September 1962) was a Finnish artistic gymnast and a three-time Olympic champion. At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he won four medals, of which three were gold, including a three-way tie for gold in the pommel horse with teammates Veikko Huhtanen and Heikki Savolainen. He also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, winning a team bronze for a total of five Olympic medals during his career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paavo Aaltonen has received more than 23,601 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Paavo Aaltonen is the 16th most popular gymnast (up from 30th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Finland (up from 180th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Paavo Aaltonen ranks 16 out of 370. Before him are Sawao Kato, Boris Shakhlin, Nikolai Andrianov, Leon Štukelj, Axel Ljung, and Louis Zutter. After him are Nellie Kim, Takashi Ono, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Alfred Schwarzmann, Akinori Nakayama, and Viktor Chukarin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Paavo Aaltonen ranks 118. Before him are Artur Fischer, Bernhard Wicki, Anatoly Dobrynin, Vikram Sarabhai, Doris Miller, and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. After him are Wasfi Tal, Hyman Minsky, Red Buttons, Lisa Della Casa, Anne Buydens, and Briek Schotte. Among people deceased in 1962, Paavo Aaltonen ranks 90. Before him are Ahmad bin Yahya, Max Fabiani, György Orth, Francisco Bru, Franz Kline, and Indalecio Prieto. After him are Pierre Benoit, Ricardo Rodríguez, Max Vasmer, José Giral, Pedro Pablo Ramírez, and Edmond Privat.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Paavo Aaltonen ranks 114 out of 751. Before him are Mika Salo (1966), Matti Vanhanen (1955), Anders Chydenius (1729), Lauri Ingman (1868), Matti Pellonpää (1951), and Eero Mäntyranta (1937). After him are Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Harri Holkeri (1937), Mauno Pekkala (1890), Alexander Mozhaysky (1825), and Antti Rinne (1962).

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Among GYMNASTS In Finland

Among gymnasts born in Finland, Paavo Aaltonen ranks 1. After him are Heikki Savolainen (1907).

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