1899 - 1967
Väinö Kokkinen (25 November 1899 – 27 August 1967) was a Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler. He won two Olympic gold medals in the middleweight category, in 1928 and 1932, and finished in fourth place in 1936. Between 1925 and 1933 he won one gold and four silver medals at the European championships as well as six national titles (1926, 1929–32 and 1934).Kokkinen was a blacksmith by profession and fought in the Finnish Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Väinö Kokkinen has received more than 10,338 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Väinö Kokkinen is the 63rd most popular wrestler (up from 92nd in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Finland (up from 245th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Wrestler.
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Among wrestlers, Väinö Kokkinen ranks 63 out of 700. Before him are Bayram Şit, Olle Anderberg, The Iron Sheik, Rey Mysterio, Darren Young, and Dusty Rhodes. After him are Alfred Asikainen, Claes Johanson, Johannes Kotkas, Carl Westergren, Dietmar Lorenz, and Pat Patterson.
1930 - 2019
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 57
1919 - 2003
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 58
1942 - 2023
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 59
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 60
1983 - Present
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 61
1945 - 2015
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 62
1899 - 1967
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 63
1888 - 1942
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 64
1884 - 1949
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 65
1915 - 1998
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 66
1895 - 1958
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 67
1950 - 2021
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 68
1941 - 2020
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 69
Among people born in 1899, Väinö Kokkinen ranks 183. Before him are Juan Trippe, Hoagy Carmichael, René Petit, Aldo Nadi, Masujiro Nishida, and Dora Gerson. After him are Marcel Arland, Wen Yiduo, Hart Crane, Gerald Moore, Piero Dusio, and Eva Le Gallienne. Among people deceased in 1967, Väinö Kokkinen ranks 169. Before him are Georges Berger, Oskar Maria Graf, Vlastimil Kopecký, George S. Robertson, Lajos Kassák, and Ann Sheridan. After him are Fatima Jinnah, Henry J. Kaiser, Eddie Tolan, Jaromír Weinberger, Ciro Alegría, and Thomas Tien Ken-sin.
1899 - 1981
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 177
1899 - 1981
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 178
1899 - 1989
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 179
1899 - 1965
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 180
1899 - 1924
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 181
1899 - 1943
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 182
1899 - 1967
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 183
1899 - 1986
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 184
1899 - 1946
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 185
1899 - 1932
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 186
1899 - 1987
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 187
1899 - 1975
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 188
1899 - 1991
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 189
1918 - 1967
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 163
1894 - 1967
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 164
1912 - 1967
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 165
1872 - 1967
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 166
1887 - 1967
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 167
1915 - 1967
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 168
1899 - 1967
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 169
1893 - 1967
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 170
1882 - 1967
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 171
1908 - 1967
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 172
1896 - 1967
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 173
1909 - 1967
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 174
1890 - 1967
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 175
Among people born in Finland, Väinö Kokkinen ranks 196 out of 642. Before him are Ahti Karjalainen (1923), Amélie Lundahl (1850), Pentti Eskola (1883), Kullervo Manner (1880), Julius Saaristo (1891), and Rudolf Walden (1878). After him are Timo Tolkki (1966), Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Rafael Paasio (1903), Sofi Oksanen (1977), Reino Ragnar Lehto (1898), and Elmer Niklander (1890).
1923 - 1990
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 190
1850 - 1914
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 191
1883 - 1964
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 192
1880 - 1939
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 193
1891 - 1969
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 194
1878 - 1946
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 195
1899 - 1967
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 196
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 197
1907 - 1996
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 198
1903 - 1980
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 199
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 200
1898 - 1966
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 201
1890 - 1942
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 202
Among wrestlers born in Finland, Väinö Kokkinen ranks 1. After him are Kalle Anttila (1887), Emil Väre (1885), Verner Weckman (1882), Kaarlo Koskelo (1888), Kustaa Pihlajamäki (1902), Eino Leino (1891), Yrjö Saarela (1884), Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903), Kelpo Gröndahl (1920), Johan Olin (1883), and Pertti Ukkola (1950).
1899 - 1967
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 1
1887 - 1949
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 2
1885 - 1974
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 3
1882 - 1968
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 4
1888 - 1953
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 5
1902 - 1944
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 6
1891 - 1986
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 7
1884 - 1951
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 8
1903 - 1982
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 9
1920 - 1994
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 10
1883 - 1928
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 11
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 12