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Yrjö Nikkanen

1914 - 1985

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Jouko Yrjö Nikkanen (31 December 1914 – 18 November 1985) was a Finnish javelin thrower, who won a silver medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. His best throw of 70.77 meters was only one meter behind that of the gold medalist Gerhard Stöck, and just five centimeters ahead that of Kalervo Toivonen. On 25 August 1938, Nikkanen set a world record at 77.87 meters; less than two months later, on 16 October 1938, he had improved his record to 78.70 m. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yrjö Nikkanen has received more than 12,669 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Yrjö Nikkanen is the 294th most popular athlete (up from 335th in 2019), the 1,435th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,381st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yrjö Nikkanen ranks 294 out of 3,059. Before him are András Balczó, Yiannis Kouros, Joanni Perronet, Edward Cook, Sueo Ōe, and Ivo Van Damme. After him are Henry Carr, Nam Sung-yong, Jean Shiley, John Kuck, Jaan Kikkas, and Maria Itkina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Yrjö Nikkanen ranks 228. Before him are Dmitry Lavrinenko, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Afonsinho, Orhan Kemal, Sueo Ōe, and Daniel J. Boorstin. After him are Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Fumio Hayasaka, Vincent J. McMahon, Wilhelm Hahnemann, William Gibson, and Giuseppe Caprio. Among people deceased in 1985, Yrjö Nikkanen ranks 142. Before him are Aksel Airo, Arkady Fiedler, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Bruno de Finetti, Ana Mendieta, and Dawn Addams. After him are Vladimir Kokkinaki, George London, Carlos Spadaro, Ladislav Ženíšek, Attilio Bettega, and Ludo Coeck.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yrjö Nikkanen ranks 1,435 out of 3,262. Before him are Simon Vratsian (1882), Yury of Zvenigorod (1374), Tamara Rylova (1931), Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev (1902), Daniil Granin (1919), and Anatoli Firsov (1941). After him are Pyotr Gavrilov (1900), Vladimir Kokkinaki (1904), Boris Eikhenbaum (1886), Yakov Frenkel (1894), Nadezhda Udaltsova (1885), and Sergei Vasilenko (1872).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Yrjö Nikkanen ranks 22. Before him are Alexander Ragulin (1941), Veikko Karvonen (1926), Lyudmila Bragina (1943), Veikko Hakulinen (1925), Anatoly Alyabyev (1951), and Bernd Kannenberg (1942). After him are Maria Itkina (1932), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1938), Tatyana Kazankina (1951), Tamara Bykova (1958), Valeri Popenchenko (1937), and Lyudmila Shevtsova (1934).

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