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Väinö Kokkinen

1899 - 1967

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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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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Väinö Kokkinen ranks 63 out of 700Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Väinö Kokkinen ranks 183Before 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 169Before 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.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Väinö Kokkinen ranks 196 out of 642Before 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).

Among WRESTLERS In Finland

Among wrestlers born in Finland, Väinö Kokkinen ranks 1After 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).