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Väinö Siikaniemi

1887 - 1932

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Väinö Villiam Siikaniemi (27 March 1887 – 24 August 1932) was a Finnish athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He finished fifth in the conventional javelin throw and won the silver medal in the two-handed javelin throw, a one-time Olympic event in which the total was counted as a sum of best throws with the right hand and with the left hand. Siikaniemi retired from sports after the 1912 Games and became a math teacher, poet and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Väinö Siikaniemi has received more than 10,315 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Väinö Siikaniemi is the 1,022nd most popular athlete, the 341st most popular biography from Finland and the 58th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Väinö Siikaniemi ranks 1,022 out of 3,059. Before him are Norman Read, Larry James, Ivan Kizimov, Ira Murchison, Sammy Lee, and Jadwiga Wajs. After him are Gábor Benedek, Albert Champoudry, Nikolai Gorbachev, Marte Olsbu Røiseland, John Ainsworth-Davis, and George Dole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Väinö Siikaniemi ranks 236. Before him are Armen Ohanian, Harold Lockwood, Fartein Valen, Sigurd Jørgensen, George Abbott, and Arne Halse. After him are Kate Gillou, Joseph Lamb, Karl Taylor Compton, Victor d'Arcy, William Frawley, and Lynn Fontanne. Among people deceased in 1932, Väinö Siikaniemi ranks 124. Before him are Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Zoltán Ambrus, Leónidas Plaza, Frantz Reichel, Ernest Mangnall, and Malcolm Whitman. After him are Francisco Lagos Cházaro, Peder Kolstad, Sol Plaatje, Charles Wallace Richmond, Howard Valentine, and Fred Yates.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Väinö Siikaniemi ranks 341 out of 642. Before him are Toni Nieminen (1975), Urho Peltonen (1893), Paavo Lonkila (1923), Kaarlo Kangasniemi (1941), Sirkka Polkunen (1927), and Leena Krohn (1947). After him are Karita Mattila (1960), Eevi Huttunen (1922), Santeri Alkio (1862), Timo Soini (1962), Jasper Pääkkönen (1980), and Eero Kolehmainen (1918).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Väinö Siikaniemi ranks 58. Before him are Kalervo Toivonen (1913), Mirja Hietamies (1931), Kaarlo Tuominen (1908), Urho Peltonen (1893), Kaarlo Kangasniemi (1941), and Sirkka Polkunen (1927). After him are Eero Kolehmainen (1918), Vilho Niittymaa (1896), Erkki Kataja (1924), Kaisa Mäkäräinen (1983), Hugo Lahtinen (1891), and Kalle Jalkanen (1907).

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