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Veikko Karvonen

1926 - 2007

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Veikko Leo Karvonen (5 January 1926 – 1 August 2007) was a Finnish long-distance runner who mainly competed in the marathon. He won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Veikko Karvonen has received more than 30,500 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Veikko Karvonen is the 252nd most popular athlete, the 1,351st most popular biography from Russia and the 17th most popular Russian Athlete.

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  • 31k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Veikko Karvonen ranks 252 out of 3,059. Before him are Gert Fredriksson, Benjamin Kogo, Lis Hartel, Ludvík Daněk, Hicham El Guerrouj, and Dimitrios Golemis. After him are Julius Skutnabb, Pål Tyldum, Lyudmila Bragina, Karl Staaf, Romuald Klim, and Gerhard Stöck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Veikko Karvonen ranks 241. Before him are Theo Adam, Lev Dyomin, Edgar Hilsenrath, Alfred Körner, James Krüss, and Ian Paisley. After him are Salvador Jorge Blanco, George C. Williams, Stanley Cavell, Shinichi Hoshi, Alfred Pfaff, and Julio César Britos. Among people deceased in 2007, Veikko Karvonen ranks 190. Before him are Driss Chraïbi, Jan Wolkers, Mariano Gonzalvo, Toše Proeski, Aloísio Lorscheider, and Isidore Isou. After him are Vlatko Pavletić, Stuart Rosenberg, Mark St. John, Ronald Speirs, Liviu Librescu, and Carl-Henning Pedersen.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Veikko Karvonen ranks 1,351 out of 3,262. Before him are Pavel Kurochkin (1900), Joseph M. Schenck (1876), Pyotr Kozlov (1862), Alexander Mikulin (1895), Viktor Yerofeyev (1947), and Grigoriy Myasoyedov (1834). After him are Dmitry Furmanov (1891), Veniamin Kaverin (1902), Aleksandra Beļcova (1892), Jacob Bruce (1669), Pavel Chistyakov (1832), and Marina Semyonova (1908).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Veikko Karvonen ranks 17. Before him are Vera Krepkina (1933), Natalya Lisovskaya (1962), Nadezhda Chizhova (1945), Nina Ponomaryova (1929), Sergey Litvinov (1958), and Alexander Ragulin (1941). After him are Lyudmila Bragina (1943), Veikko Hakulinen (1925), Anatoly Alyabyev (1951), Bernd Kannenberg (1942), Yrjö Nikkanen (1914), and Maria Itkina (1932).

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