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Väinö Siikaniemi

1887 - 1932

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Väinö Villiam Siikaniemi (27 March 1887 – 24 August 1932) was a Finnish athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He finished fifth in the conventional javelin throw and won the silver medal in the two-handed javelin throw, a one-time Olympic event in which the total was counted as a sum of best throws with the right hand and with the left hand. Siikaniemi retired from sports after the 1912 Games and became a math teacher, poet and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Väinö Siikaniemi has received more than 11,179 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Väinö Siikaniemi is the 1,581st most popular athlete (down from 1,021st in 2019), the 392nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 339th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Väinö Siikaniemi ranks 1,581 out of 6,025. Before him are Frederick Sheffield, Vyacheslav Vedenin, Irmgard Praetz, Siegfried Purner, Dorothy Poynton-Hill, and Frank Odberg. After him are Witold Woyda, Yuliya Levchenko, Carl Kaufmann, Tibor Tatai, Aldo Ghira, and Heinz Ulzheimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Väinö Siikaniemi ranks 266. Before him are Jorge de Paiva, Robinson Jeffers, Nils Middelboe, Nils Granfelt, Emilio Lunghi, and Raoul Paoli. After him are Charles Marion, Olga Oelkers, Karl Neumer, Vincenzo Cardarelli, Harold Walden, and Cayetano Saporiti. Among people deceased in 1932, Väinö Siikaniemi ranks 140. Before him are Carl Johnson, Frantz Reichel, Leónidas Plaza, Wovoka, Zoltán Ambrus, and Peder Kolstad. After him are Charles Le Goffic, Virginie Hériot, Edward Barrett, Dorabji Tata, Adelaide Ames, and Fred Yates.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Väinö Siikaniemi ranks 392 out of 751. Before him are Tony Kakko (1975), Monika Fagerholm (1961), Santeri Alkio (1862), Simo Puupponen (1915), Lucina Hagman (1863), and Johan Sigfrid Sirén (1889). After him are Hjalmar Mellin (1854), Edvin Laine (1905), Helena Takalo (1947), Arvo Haavisto (1900), Pentti Linnosvuo (1933), and Eevi Huttunen (1922).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Väinö Siikaniemi ranks 70. Before him are Väinö Ikonen (1895), Sulo Nurmela (1908), Kaarlo Kangasniemi (1941), Eino Purje (1900), Eero Kolehmainen (1918), and Toimi Alatalo (1929). After him are Pentti Linnosvuo (1933), Toivo Hyytiäinen (1925), Arvo Viitanen (1924), Hugo Lahtinen (1891), Kauko Hänninen (1930), and Tiina Lillak (1961).

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