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Sirkka Polkunen

1927 - 2014

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Sirkka Tellervo "Telle" Polkunen (later Vilander, 6 November 1927 – 28 September 2014), was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 3 × 5 km relay in 1956 and placed fifth and eighth in the individual 10 km event in 1952 and 1956, respectively. Polkunen also won a silver medal in the 3 × 5 km relay at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and finished sixth in the 10 km at those championships.Polkunen never won a national title, placing second-third over 10 km in 1951, 1953–54 and 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sirkka Polkunen has received more than 10,396 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sirkka Polkunen is the 1,043rd most popular athlete (down from 1,007th in 2019), the 342nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 337th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Finnish Athlete.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Over the past year Sirkka Polkunen has had the most page views in the with 1,568 views, followed by English (1,085), and Russian (560). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (76.74%), Catalan (46.43%), and Chinese (33.73%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sirkka Polkunen ranks 1,043 out of 6,025. Before her are Vladimír Syrovátka, Hans Kalt, Harry Babcock, John Exley, Manfred Schmid, and Marcus Hurley. After her are Martin Fourcade, Lars Hall, Bruno Söderström, Alex Wilson, Enriqueta Basilio, and Hans-Georg Reimann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Sirkka Polkunen ranks 373. Before her are Yrjö Hietanen, Henry Spira, Lorenza Mazzetti, José Azcona del Hoyo, Emil Pažický, and Dell Hymes. After her are Lars Hall, Leslie Orgel, Igor Dmitriev, Viola Myers, John Buscema, and James Broderick. Among people deceased in 2014, Sirkka Polkunen ranks 399. Before her are Odd Iversen, Mustapha Zitouni, Jürgen Kurbjuhn, Jimmy Jones, Geoffrey Holder, and Jaroslav Walter. After her are Glenn Cornick, Michio Mado, Roberto Telch, Gennadi Gusarov, A. N. R. Robinson, and Georgy Adelson-Velsky.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Sirkka Polkunen ranks 342 out of 751. Before her are Juice Leskinen (1950), Ville Pörhölä (1897), Yrjö Hietanen (1927), Lauri Ylönen (1979), Eeles Landström (1932), and Uma Aaltonen (1940). After her are Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (1830), Bruno Ahlberg (1911), Darude (1975), Kaisa Parviainen (1914), Fredi (1942), and Mikko Kozarowitzky (1948).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Sirkka Polkunen ranks 52. Before her are Veli Saarinen (1902), Paavo Yrjölä (1902), Antero Kivi (1904), Ville Pörhölä (1897), Yrjö Hietanen (1927), and Eeles Landström (1932). After her are Kaisa Parviainen (1914), Pentti Hämäläinen (1929), Sulo Bärlund (1910), Thorvald Strömberg (1931), Erkki Kataja (1924), and Kurt Wires (1919).

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