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Pentti Linnosvuo

1933 - 2010

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Pentti Tapio Akseli Linnosvuo (17 March 1933 – 13 July 2010) was a Finnish sport shooter. Together with Alfred Lane, he is the only Olympic competitor to win gold medals in both 50 m pistol and 25 m rapid fire pistol – the technique differs much between these two events, and hence few modern top-level shooters attempt to excel in both. He competed at five consecutive Olympics in 1952–1968, winning two gold medals and a silver.Linnosvuo was born in Vaasa, but grew up in Helsinki, where he played ice hockey with Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, and basketball and football with Sudet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pentti Linnosvuo has received more than 16,024 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Pentti Linnosvuo is the 1,584th most popular athlete (down from 1,362nd in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from Finland (down from 374th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Finnish Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Pentti Linnosvuos by language

Over the past year Pentti Linnosvuo has had the most page views in the with 3,547 views, followed by English (1,389), and Russian (922). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (62.79%), Serbian (28.57%), and Korean (18.75%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Pentti Linnosvuo ranks 1,584 out of 6,025. Before him are John Fenning, Eddy Ottoz, Kazimierz Paździor, Masanori Yusa, Hilda Strike, and Munyoro Nyamau. After him are Bob Hayes, Betty McKinnon, Márton Homonnai, Tom Kiely, Marion Becker, and Víctor Peralta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Pentti Linnosvuo ranks 474. Before him are Thérèse Steinmetz, Penelope Lively, Bobby Smith, Sheila Hancock, Michael Novak, and Maurice Stokes. After him are Maurice Moucheraud, József Bencsics, Donald H. Peterson, Peter Orlovsky, Gilberto Penayo, and Jimmy Murray. Among people deceased in 2010, Pentti Linnosvuo ranks 390. Before him are Bobby Smith, Ravindra Kelekar, Gianni Bonichon, Franco Ballerini, Ted Stevens, and Kazimierz Paździor. After him are Joe Mantell, Lionel Cox, Ljupčo Jordanovski, Franciszek Gągor, Walter Frederick Morrison, and Krystyna Bochenek.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Pentti Linnosvuo ranks 396 out of 751. Before him are Johan Sigfrid Sirén (1889), Väinö Siikaniemi (1887), Hjalmar Mellin (1854), Edvin Laine (1905), Helena Takalo (1947), and Arvo Haavisto (1900). After him are Eevi Huttunen (1922), Jan-Erik Enestam (1947), Klaes Karppinen (1907), Toni Nieminen (1975), Toivo Hyytiäinen (1925), and Markku Kanerva (1964).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Pentti Linnosvuo ranks 70. Before him are Sulo Nurmela (1908), Kaarlo Kangasniemi (1941), Eino Purje (1900), Eero Kolehmainen (1918), Toimi Alatalo (1929), and Väinö Siikaniemi (1887). After him are Toivo Hyytiäinen (1925), Arvo Viitanen (1924), Hugo Lahtinen (1891), Kauko Hänninen (1930), Tiina Lillak (1961), and Kalevi Hämäläinen (1932).

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