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Paavo Yrjölä

1902 - 1980

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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

Among athletes, Paavo Yrjölä ranks 414 out of 3,059Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Paavo Yrjölä ranks 217Before 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 192Before 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.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Paavo Yrjölä ranks 228 out of 642Before 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).

Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Paavo Yrjölä ranks 21Before 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).