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Paavo Lonkila

1923 - 2017

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Paavo Olavi Lonkila (born Lång on 11 January 1923 – 22 September 2017) was a Finnish cross-country skier. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1952 Olympics and finished third in the individual 18 km race, 11 seconds behind his teammate Tapio Mäkelä. Earlier his 4 × 10 km relay team placed second at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he finished fifth over 18 km. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paavo Lonkila has received more than 16,681 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Paavo Lonkila is the 122nd most popular skier (up from 123rd in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from Finland (down from 335th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Finnish Skier.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Paavo Lonkila ranks 122 out of 817. Before him are Franz Pfnür, Erling Evensen, Jouko Törmänen, Heidi Biebl, Narve Bonna, and Anette Bøe. After him are Assar Rönnlund, Aki Karvonen, Marcel Hirscher, Sven Utterström, Tora Berger, and Traudl Hecher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Paavo Lonkila ranks 399. Before him are Walter Jens, Wim van der Voort, Lee Yuan-tsu, James E. Gunn, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, and Helen Murray Free. After him are Ruth Williams Khama, Avram Davidson, Robert Sabatier, Aleksandr Alov, Dolores Fuller, and Bill Bruce. Among people deceased in 2017, Paavo Lonkila ranks 451. Before him are Ferry Graf, R. C. Sproul, Graham Taylor, Lee Yuan-tsu, Kito Lorenc, and Tommy Gemmell. After him are Ivan Koloff, Julia Hartwig, Charles Bradley, Shelley Berman, James Cotton, and Walter Becker.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Paavo Lonkila ranks 367 out of 751. Before him are Karita Mattila (1960), Kurt Wires (1919), Teodor Koskenniemi (1887), Veli Lehtelä (1935), Katri Vala (1901), and Sami Vänskä (1976). After him are Leena Krohn (1947), Kaarlo Tuominen (1908), Aki Karvonen (1957), Päivi Räsänen (1959), Kaarlo Maaninka (1953), and Antti Kalliomäki (1947).

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Among SKIERS In Finland

Among skiers born in Finland, Paavo Lonkila ranks 11. Before him are Toini Gustafsson (1938), Aulis Kallakorpi (1929), Heikki Hasu (1926), Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1955), Tapio Mäkelä (1926), and Jouko Törmänen (1954). After him are Aki Karvonen (1957), Matti Lähde (1911), Helena Takalo (1947), Klaes Karppinen (1907), Toni Nieminen (1975), and Väinö Huhtala (1935).

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