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Yrjö Hietanen

1927 - 2011

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Yrjö Jalmari "Yka" Hietanen (12 July 1927 – 26 March 2011) was a Finnish canoe sprinter who competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics. In 1952 he won two gold medals with Kurt Wires in the 1000 m and 10000 m events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yrjö Hietanen has received more than 9,104 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Yrjö Hietanen is the 1,011th most popular athlete (up from 1,403rd in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from Finland (up from 378th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yrjö Hietanen ranks 1,011 out of 6,025. Before him are André Auffray, Ulf Sterner, Wilhelm Leichum, Ville Pörhölä, Jan Jindra, and Dorothea Wierer. After him are Judy Amoore, David Rigert, Jackson Scholz, Masaru Furukawa, Harry DeBaecke, and Carl Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Yrjö Hietanen ranks 367. Before him are Anne McLaren, Peter Mark Richman, Roberto Bussinello, Mehdi Hassan, Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, and Birgit Brüel. After him are Henry Spira, Lorenza Mazzetti, José Azcona del Hoyo, Emil Pažický, Dell Hymes, and Sirkka Polkunen. Among people deceased in 2011, Yrjö Hietanen ranks 367. Before him are Alfons Van Brandt, George Cadle Price, Szeto Wah, Cesare Rubini, Gonzalo Rojas, and Carlos Torres. After him are Barbara Kent, Joe Simon, Kuno Klötzer, Hans Kalt, Elisabeth Sladen, and Célestin Oliver.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Yrjö Hietanen ranks 338 out of 751. Before him are Oskar Gripenberg (1838), Kaija Mustonen (1941), Antero Kivi (1904), Kjell Westö (1961), Juice Leskinen (1950), and Ville Pörhölä (1897). After him are Lauri Ylönen (1979), Eeles Landström (1932), Uma Aaltonen (1940), Sirkka Polkunen (1927), Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (1830), and Bruno Ahlberg (1911).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Yrjö Hietanen ranks 50. Before him are Jalmari Eskola (1886), Mirja Hietamies (1931), Veli Saarinen (1902), Paavo Yrjölä (1902), Antero Kivi (1904), and Ville Pörhölä (1897). After him are Eeles Landström (1932), Sirkka Polkunen (1927), Kaisa Parviainen (1914), Pentti Hämäläinen (1929), Sulo Bärlund (1910), and Thorvald Strömberg (1931).

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