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Arvo Aaltonen

1892 - 1949

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Arvo Ossian Aaltonen (2 December 1892 – 17 June 1949) was a Finnish breaststroke swimmer who competed at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. He won bronze medals in the 200 m and 400 m events in 1920, and failed to reach the finals in 1912 and 1924. Aaltonen was the first, and until 1992 (with Antti Kasvio's bronze medal-winning 200m freestyle performance), the only Finnish Olympic medalist in swimming. He won the 200 m event at the 1923 Nordic Championships, and he held 22 Finnish titles: in the 100 m (1912, 1915–17), 200 m (1909, 1911–13, 1915–16, 1919–21, 1923, 1925–27) and 400 m (1912–13, 1915–17). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arvo Aaltonen is the 41st most popular swimmer (down from 21st in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from Finland (down from 204th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Arvo Aaltonen ranks 41 out of 709. Before him are Đurđica Bjedov, Yoshi Oyakawa, Valéria Gyenge, Aileen Riggin, Charles Daniels, and Ilona Novák. After him are George Hodgson, Yasuji Miyazaki, Judit Temes, Barbara Krause, Shigeo Arai, and Károly Bartha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Arvo Aaltonen ranks 196. Before him are Ugo Betti, Otto Fahr, Luis Trenker, Renée Jeanne Falconetti, Moisei Ginzburg, and Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues. After him are Julius Hirsch, Antonio María Barbieri, Jason Robards Sr., Kiyotake Kawaguchi, Adolf van der Voort van Zijp, and Jaan Kikkas. Among people deceased in 1949, Arvo Aaltonen ranks 120. Before him are Helen Churchill Candee, Elin Pelin, Sekiryo Kaneda, Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, Émile Eddé, and James Somerville. After him are Alexander Serafimovich, Eddie Owen, Carl Vaugoin, Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, Kalle Anttila, and Makino Nobuaki.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Arvo Aaltonen ranks 220 out of 751. Before him are Paavo Yrjölä (1902), Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Antti Hyvärinen (1932), Ahti Karjalainen (1923), Armas Toivonen (1899), and Kalevi Aho (1949). After him are Arvo Askola (1909), Johannes Linnankoski (1869), Fanny Churberg (1845), August Ahlqvist (1826), Magnus Lindberg (1958), and Helena Westermarck (1857).

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Among SWIMMERS In Finland

Among swimmers born in Finland, Arvo Aaltonen ranks 1. After him are Jani Sievinen (1974), Hanna-Maria Seppälä (1984), Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (1989), Matti Mattsson (1993), Mimosa Jallow (1994), and Ida Hulkko (1998).

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