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Veikko Huhtanen

1919 - 1976

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Veikko Aarne Aleks Huhtanen (5 June 1919 – 29 January 1976) was a Finnish artistic gymnast. He was the most successful gymnast at the 1948 Summer Olympics, taking home five medals, including three gold medals. In the pommel horse event, Huhtanen and two other Finns, Heikki Savolainen and Paavo Aaltonen, had the same score and the gold medal was shared among the three.Huhtanen won two silver medals at the 1950 World Championships, in horizontal bar and with a team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Veikko Huhtanen has received more than 22,750 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Veikko Huhtanen is the 37th most popular gymnast (up from 49th in 2019), the 1,600th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,762nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Gymnast.

Memorability Metrics

  • 23k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Veikko Huhtanen has had the most page views in the with 2,577 views, followed by Finnish (1,053), and Chinese (700). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (118.47%), Ukrainian (56.25%), and Catalan (37.42%)

Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Veikko Huhtanen ranks 37 out of 370. Before him are Petros Persakis, Noël Bas, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Heikki Savolainen, Lucien Démanet, and Estella Agsteribbe. After him are Thomas Xenakis, Helena Rakoczy, Alberto Braglia, Konrad Frey, Anton Heida, and Karin Lindberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Veikko Huhtanen ranks 220. Before him are Béla Sárosi, Alan Young, Alan Brown, Bep Voskuijl, Daniil Granin, and Hau Pei-tsun. After him are Laurence J. Peter, Jack Goody, Paolo Soleri, Ladislav Mňačko, Maurice Boitel, and Delfo Cabrera. Among people deceased in 1976, Veikko Huhtanen ranks 165. Before him are Hamit Kaplan, Manuel Olivares, Wilhelmina von Bremen, Ernst Albrecht, Rudi Fischer, and Edith Evans. After him are Carlos Fonseca, Mark Tobey, Markus Reiner, Zainul Abedin, Fritz Rasp, and Saneatsu Mushanokōji.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Veikko Huhtanen ranks 1,600 out of 3,761. Before him are Yury Trifonov (1925), Feodor Gladkov (1883), Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (1875), Lev Atamanov (1905), Nikolay Bauman (1873), and Sergei Vasilenko (1872). After him are Leonid Filatov (1946), Roman Vishniac (1897), Maria Itkina (1932), Viktor Tsaryov (1931), Wilhelm Küchelbecker (1797), and Eugene Kaspersky (1965).

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Among GYMNASTS In Russia

Among gymnasts born in Russia, Veikko Huhtanen ranks 3. Before him are Boris Shakhlin (1932), and Nikolai Andrianov (1952). After him are Viktor Klimenko (1949), Mikhail Voronin (1945), Valentin Muratov (1928), Yuri Titov (1935), Aleksanteri Saarvala (1913), Larisa Petrik (1949), Margarita Nikolaeva (1935), Yelena Davydova (1961), and Yelena Shushunova (1969).

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