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Ville Pörhölä

1897 - 1964

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Frans Wilhelm "Ville" Pörhölä (originally Horneman, 24 December 1897 – 28 November 1964) was a Finnish athlete who competed in shot put, discus throw, hammer throw and weight throw.Pörhölä won the gold medal in shot put at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He also competed in discus throw finishing in eighth place and in weight throw in which he was ninth. He later concentrated on work leaving his sports career behind him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ville Pörhölä has received more than 18,689 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ville Pörhölä is the 1,008th most popular athlete (down from 555th in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from Finland (down from 268th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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  • 19k

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  • 45.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Ville Pörhölä has had the most page views in the with 2,906 views, followed by English (2,019), and Chinese (653). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (70.55%), Egyptian Arabic (68.93%), and Czech (55.08%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ville Pörhölä ranks 1,008 out of 6,025. Before him are Murray Halberg, Yevgeniya Sechenova, Henri Hazebrouck, André Auffray, Ulf Sterner, and Wilhelm Leichum. After him are Jan Jindra, Dorothea Wierer, Yrjö Hietanen, Judy Amoore, David Rigert, and Jackson Scholz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Ville Pörhölä ranks 271. Before him are Memphis Minnie, C. B. van Niel, Shidzue Katō, Harald Strøm, Gregory Ratoff, and Bert Schneider. After him are Jackson Scholz, Kenneth Burke, Tom Florie, Nunnally Johnson, James Parrott, and Aleksandra Khokhlova. Among people deceased in 1964, Ville Pörhölä ranks 172. Before him are Charles Bouvier, Arthur Hohl, John Eke, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Carlos Hevia, and Carlos Quintanilla. After him are Mikhail Svetlov, Johnny Burnette, Olavi Paavolainen, Eberardo Villalobos, José María Belauste, and Paul Weinstein.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Ville Pörhölä ranks 337 out of 751. Before him are Paavo Yrjölä (1902), Oskar Gripenberg (1838), Kaija Mustonen (1941), Antero Kivi (1904), Kjell Westö (1961), and Juice Leskinen (1950). After him are Yrjö Hietanen (1927), Lauri Ylönen (1979), Eeles Landström (1932), Uma Aaltonen (1940), Sirkka Polkunen (1927), and Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (1830).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Ville Pörhölä ranks 49. Before him are Kalervo Toivonen (1913), Jalmari Eskola (1886), Mirja Hietamies (1931), Veli Saarinen (1902), Paavo Yrjölä (1902), and Antero Kivi (1904). After him are Yrjö Hietanen (1927), Eeles Landström (1932), Sirkka Polkunen (1927), Kaisa Parviainen (1914), Pentti Hämäläinen (1929), and Sulo Bärlund (1910).

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