1902 - 1980
Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä (18 June 1902 in Hämeenkyrö – 11 February 1980 in Vilppula), also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö (Hämeenkyrön karhu), was a Finnish track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paavo Yrjölä has received more than 17,321 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Paavo Yrjölä is the 414th most popular athlete (down from 406th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from Finland (down from 224th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Finnish Athlete.
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Among athletes, Paavo Yrjölä ranks 414 out of 3,059. Before him are Percy Williams, Patrik Sjöberg, Kazım Ayvaz, Nils Hellsten, Gergely Kulcsár, and Igor Nikulin. After him are Elżbieta Krzesińska, Spyridon Belokas, Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Lindy Remigino, Duncan McNaughton, and Karen Hoff.
1908 - 1982
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 408
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 409
1938 - 2020
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 410
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 411
1934 - 2020
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 412
1960 - 2021
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 413
1902 - 1980
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 414
1934 - 2015
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 415
1878 - 2000
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 416
1933 - 2018
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 417
1931 - 2018
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 418
1910 - 1998
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 419
1921 - 2000
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 420
Among people born in 1902, Paavo Yrjölä ranks 217. Before him are Jean Grémillon, Larry Fine, Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi, Charles Lang, Stanley G. Weinbaum, and Pierre Brunet. After him are Dulce María Loynaz, Zaharia Stancu, Myrtle Cook, Giuseppe Lepori, Victor Jory, and Théodore Monod. Among people deceased in 1980, Paavo Yrjölä ranks 192. Before him are José de Anchieta Fontana, Rudolf Bürger, Helmut Käutner, Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Victor Sen Yung, and Tim Hardin. After him are Mikhail Lavrentyev, Nikos Xilouris, Ben Sharpsteen, Jimmy Durante, Toshiko Yuasa, and Finn Ronne.
1902 - 1959
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 211
1902 - 1975
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 212
1902 - 1978
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 213
1902 - 1998
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 214
1902 - 1935
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 215
1902 - 1991
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 216
1902 - 1980
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 217
1902 - 1997
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 218
1902 - 1974
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 219
1902 - 1985
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 220
1902 - 1968
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 221
1902 - 1982
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 222
1902 - 2000
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 223
1940 - 1980
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 186
1908 - 1980
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 187
1908 - 1980
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 188
1904 - 1980
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 189
1914 - 1980
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 190
1941 - 1980
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 191
1902 - 1980
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 192
1900 - 1980
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 193
1936 - 1980
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 194
1895 - 1980
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 195
1893 - 1980
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 196
1909 - 1980
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 197
1899 - 1980
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 198
Among people born in Finland, Paavo Yrjölä ranks 228 out of 642. Before him are Kalle Anttila (1887), Elisabeth Rehn (1935), Jonni Myyrä (1892), Jukka-Pekka Saraste (1956), Heikki Savolainen (1907), and Antti Hackzell (1881). After him are Arvo Askola (1909), Nils Torvalds (1945), Laila Kinnunen (1939), Viljo Heino (1914), Armas Toivonen (1899), and V. J. Sukselainen (1906).
1887 - 1949
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 222
1935 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 223
1892 - 1955
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 224
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 225
1907 - 1997
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 226
1881 - 1946
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 227
1902 - 1980
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 228
1909 - 1975
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 229
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 230
1939 - 2000
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 231
1914 - 1998
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 232
1899 - 1973
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 233
1906 - 1995
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 234
Among athletes born in Finland, Paavo Yrjölä ranks 21. Before him are Julius Skutnabb (1889), Julius Saaristo (1891), Elmer Niklander (1890), Harri Larva (1906), Edvin Wide (1896), and Jonni Myyrä (1892). After him are Arvo Askola (1909), Viljo Heino (1914), Armas Toivonen (1899), Jorma Kinnunen (1941), Heikki Liimatainen (1894), and Paavo Johansson (1895).
1889 - 1965
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 15
1891 - 1969
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 16
1890 - 1942
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 17
1906 - 1980
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 18
1896 - 1996
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 19
1892 - 1955
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 20
1902 - 1980
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 21
1909 - 1975
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 22
1914 - 1998
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 23
1899 - 1973
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 24
1941 - 2019
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 25
1894 - 1980
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 26
1895 - 1983
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 27