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Verner Järvinen

1870 - 1941

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Venne "Verner" Järvinen (3 April 1870 – 31 January 1941) was a Finnish track and field athlete, who competed mostly in throwing events. He won the gold medal in the Greek-style discus in the 1906 Intercalated Games, and the bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Finnish Olympic medalist in athletics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Verner Järvinen has received more than 14,074 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Verner Järvinen is the 784th most popular athlete (down from 499th in 2019), the 311th most popular biography from Finland (down from 251st in 2019) and the 48th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Verner Järvinen ranks 784 out of 3,059Before him are Nils Täpp, Glenn Morris, Daniel Kelly, DeHart Hubbard, Josef Ternström, and Viktor An. After him are René Lorain, Ileana Silai, Babben Enger-Damon, Tadeusz Ślusarski, Manuel Estiarte, and Olaf Hoffsbakken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Verner Järvinen ranks 138Before him are Antonius van den Broek, Lloyd Hildebrand, Frederick G. Donnan, DeLisle Stewart, Karel Kašpar, and Jacques Cariou. After him are Harry Vardon, Bautista Saavedra, James M. Cox, Henri Bouckaert, Hisashi Kimura, and Liberato Marcial Rojas. Among people deceased in 1941, Verner Järvinen ranks 156Before him are Fred Karno, Simon Guggenheim, Yelizaveta Chaikina, Eduardo Schaerer, DeLisle Stewart, and Karel Kašpar. After him are Dobri Hristov, Ludwig Stubbendorf, Juan Corzo, Hermann Wilker, Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith, and Wilhelm Leichum.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Verner Järvinen ranks 311 out of 642Before him are Sulo Bärlund (1910), Jouko Törmänen (1954), Pentti Hämäläinen (1929), Tua Forsström (1947), Pekka Vasala (1948), and Mr Lordi (1974). After him are Tapio Mäkelä (1926), Thorvald Strömberg (1931), Mauri Kunnas (1950), Juice Leskinen (1950), Eino Purje (1900), and Jalmari Eskola (1886).

Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Verner Järvinen ranks 48Before him are Antero Kivi (1904), Siiri Rantanen (1924), Pertti Karppinen (1953), Sulo Bärlund (1910), Pentti Hämäläinen (1929), and Pekka Vasala (1948). After him are Thorvald Strömberg (1931), Eino Purje (1900), Jalmari Eskola (1886), Kalervo Toivonen (1913), Mirja Hietamies (1931), and Kaarlo Tuominen (1908).