1923 - 2017
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 15,841 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Paavo Lonkila is the 123rd most popular skier (down from 31st in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from Finland (down from 204th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Finnish Skier.
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Among skiers, Paavo Lonkila ranks 123 out of 541. Before him are Michela Figini, Lasse Kjus, Wojciech Fortuna, Jure Franko, Léo Lacroix, and Toni Nieminen. After him are Josef Stiegler, Espen Bredesen, Berit Aunli, Didier Cuche, Erling Evensen, and Erika Mahringer.
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 117
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 118
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 119
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 120
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 121
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 122
1923 - 2017
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 123
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 124
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 125
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 126
1974 - Present
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 127
1914 - 1998
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 128
1924 - 2018
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 129
Among people born in 1923, Paavo Lonkila ranks 363. Before him are Sumner Redstone, Donald Nicol, John Pulman, Leonid Shamkovich, Vladimir Tendryakov, and Boris Sagal. After him are Inge Keller, Latifa al-Zayyat, The Fabulous Moolah, Avram Davidson, Alice Ghostley, and Robert Sabatier. Among people deceased in 2017, Paavo Lonkila ranks 427. Before him are Heinz Schneiter, John Kundla, Walter Becker, Ivan Koloff, R. C. Sproul, and Mikhail Tolstykh. After him are Inge Keller, Mark Fisher, Valeriu Bularca, Mervyn Rose, Viktor Chanov, and Laurynas Stankevičius.
1923 - 2020
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 357
1923 - 2003
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 358
1923 - 1998
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 359
1923 - 2005
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 360
1923 - 1984
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 361
1923 - 1981
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 362
1923 - 2017
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 363
1923 - 2017
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 364
1923 - 1996
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 365
1923 - 2007
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 366
1923 - 1993
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 367
1923 - 2007
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 368
1923 - 2012
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 369
1935 - 2017
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 421
1916 - 2017
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 422
1950 - 2017
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 423
1942 - 2017
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 424
1939 - 2017
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 425
1980 - 2017
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 426
1923 - 2017
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 427
1923 - 2017
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 428
1968 - 2017
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 429
1931 - 2017
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 430
1930 - 2017
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 431
1959 - 2017
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 432
1935 - 2017
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 433
Among people born in Finland, Paavo Lonkila ranks 337 out of 642. Before him are Kaarlo Tuominen (1908), Paavo Väyrynen (1946), Hannu Salama (1936), Katri Vala (1901), Toni Nieminen (1975), and Urho Peltonen (1893). After him are Kaarlo Kangasniemi (1941), Sirkka Polkunen (1927), Leena Krohn (1947), Väinö Siikaniemi (1887), Karita Mattila (1960), and Eevi Huttunen (1922).
1908 - 2006
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 331
1946 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 332
1936 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 333
1901 - 1944
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 334
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 335
1893 - 1951
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 336
1923 - 2017
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 337
1941 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 338
1927 - 2014
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 339
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 340
1887 - 1932
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 341
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 342
1922 - 2015
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 343
Among skiers born in Finland, Paavo Lonkila ranks 14. Before him are Jouko Törmänen (1954), Tapio Mäkelä (1926), Klaes Karppinen (1907), Harri Kirvesniemi (1958), Aulis Kallakorpi (1929), and Toni Nieminen (1975). After him are Helena Takalo (1947), Jari Puikkonen (1959), Matti Lähde (1911), Niilo Halonen (1940), Mika Myllylä (1969), and Tuomo Ylipulli (1965).
1954 - 2015
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 8
1926 - 2016
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 9
1907 - 1992
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 10
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 11
1929 - 2005
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 12
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 13
1923 - 2017
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 14
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 15
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 16
1911 - 1978
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 17
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 18
1969 - 2011
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 19
1965 - 2021
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 20