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Yrjö Saarela

1884 - 1951

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Yrjö Erik Mikael Saarela (13 July 1884 – 30 June 1951) was a Finnish wrestler who won Olympic gold and a world championship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yrjö Saarela has received more than 19,304 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Yrjö Saarela is the 140th most popular wrestler (down from 132nd in 2019), the 315th most popular biography from Finland (down from 299th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Finnish Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Yrjö Saarela ranks 140 out of 1,027Before him are Avtandil Koridze, Rhyno, Kaarlo Koskelo, Pat Patterson, Petar Kirov, and Superstar Billy Graham. After him are Mijaín López, Nikolai Volkoff, Big Van Vader, Ivan Bohdan, Bubba Ray Dudley, and Robert Van de Walle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Yrjö Saarela ranks 200Before him are Hanns Kräly, Ernest Payne, Lars Christensen, George Underwood, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, and Fumio Gotō. After him are Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Jakub Szynkiewicz, Sergey Gorodetsky, Joseph Rock, Andrés Martínez Trueba, and Pontus Hanson. Among people deceased in 1951, Yrjö Saarela ranks 145Before him are William Birdwood, Pierre Braine, Zoltán Mechlovits, Ivor Novello, Gaston Peltier, and Urho Peltonen. After him are Kim Myeong-sun, Jules Berry, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Alfrēds Kalniņš, Adolf Spinnler, and Alfredo Baquerizo.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Yrjö Saarela ranks 315 out of 751Before him are Eino Kaila (1890), Kaarlo Koskelo (1888), Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1955), Okko Kamu (1946), Tua Forsström (1947), and Jussi Halla-aho (1971). After him are Kalervo Toivonen (1913), Urho Castrén (1886), Arvo Ylppö (1887), Jalmari Eskola (1886), Miina Sillanpää (1866), and Adolf Lindfors (1879).

Among WRESTLERS In Finland

Among wrestlers born in Finland, Yrjö Saarela ranks 8Before him are Verner Weckman (1882), Eino Leino (1891), Kalle Anttila (1887), Väinö Kokkinen (1899), Kustaa Pihlajamäki (1902), and Kaarlo Koskelo (1888). After him are Adolf Lindfors (1879), Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903), Kelpo Gröndahl (1920), Arvo Haavisto (1900), Martti Nieminen (1891), and Johan Olin (1883).