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Arvo Askola

1909 - 1975

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Arvo Askola (2 December 1909, Valkeala – 23 November 1975) was a Finnish long-distance runner. He won silver medals in the 10,000 m event at the 1936 Olympics and 1934 European Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arvo Askola is the 524th most popular athlete (down from 404th in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Finland (down from 219th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Arvo Askola ranks 524 out of 6,025. Before him are Alexander Ragulin, Tamara Tyshkevich, Imre Polyák, Anatoly Alyabyev, Kjell Bäckman, and Ioannis Theodoropoulos. After him are William Gilmore, František Pospíšil, Steve Anderson, Jānis Daliņš, František Janda-Suk, and Thelma Hopkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Arvo Askola ranks 235. Before him are Adolf Šimperský, Đorđe Vujadinović, Guillermo León Valencia, Leo Sexton, Léo Malet, and Paco Bienzobas. After him are Ștefan Dobay, Arnold Badjou, Theodor Tolsdorff, Karl Gruber, Manuel Olivares, and Jerzy Różycki. Among people deceased in 1975, Arvo Askola ranks 159. Before him are Plínio Salgado, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, George Marshall, Edmundo Piaggio, Mikhail Yegorov, and Tajuddin Ahmad. After him are Clyde Tolson, Bruno Müller, Mark Donohue, Pete Ham, Antonín Vodička, and Krešimir Baranović.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Arvo Askola ranks 221 out of 751. Before him are Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Antti Hyvärinen (1932), Ahti Karjalainen (1923), Armas Toivonen (1899), Kalevi Aho (1949), and Arvo Aaltonen (1892). After him are Johannes Linnankoski (1869), Fanny Churberg (1845), August Ahlqvist (1826), Magnus Lindberg (1958), Helena Westermarck (1857), and Maria Wiik (1853).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Arvo Askola ranks 26. Before him are Toivo Hyytiäinen (1925), Jorma Kinnunen (1941), Veikko Kankkonen (1940), Paavo Yrjölä (1902), Lauri Lehtinen (1908), and Armas Toivonen (1899). After him are Armas Taipale (1890), Paavo Johansson (1895), Teodor Koskenniemi (1887), Heikki Liimatainen (1894), Veli Lehtelä (1935), and Veli Saarinen (1902).

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