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Arvo Viitanen

1924 - 1999

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Arvo Albert Viitanen (12 April 1924 – 28 April 1999) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He was born in Uurainen, Central Finland and died in Myllykoski. Viitanen also won five medals in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay (1954), a silver in the 15 km (1954), and bronzes in the 50 km (1954, 1958) and the 4 × 10 km relay (1958). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arvo Viitanen is the 1,649th most popular athlete (up from 1,664th in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Finland (up from 405th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Arvo Viitanen ranks 1,649 out of 6,025. Before him are Vladimir Nevzorov, Pál Simon, Francis Tyler, Burglinde Pollak, Betty McKinnon, and Georg Naue. After him are Ali Mirzaei, Harold Whitlock, Nathaniel Cartmell, Eric Verdonk, Edward Archibald, and Nina Dumbadze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Arvo Viitanen ranks 426. Before him are Daniel Akaka, Gisela May, Margaret Truman, Knut Steen, Hubert Curien, and Humberto Fernández-Morán. After him are Maria Golubnichaya, Donald Richie, Muhammad Osman Said, James Lighthill, Claude Netter, and Serafim Fernandes de Araújo. Among people deceased in 1999, Arvo Viitanen ranks 265. Before him are Alfred Raoul, Peter Seeberg, Jorge Góngora, Necil Kazım Akses, Roberto Bussinello, and Humberto Fernández-Morán. After him are Enrique Hormazábal, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Jack Lynch, Irving Rapper, Charles Brown, and Zully Moreno.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Arvo Viitanen ranks 381 out of 751. Before him are Hannu Salama (1936), Kaarlo Tuominen (1908), Niilo Halonen (1940), Leena Krohn (1947), Lucina Hagman (1863), and Toni Nieminen (1975). After him are Timo Soini (1962), Käärijä (1993), Jalmari Eskola (1886), Simo Puupponen (1915), Rauno Miettinen (1949), and Juice Leskinen (1950).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Arvo Viitanen ranks 71. Before him are Päivi Meriluoto (1952), Kurt Wires (1919), Väinö Ikonen (1895), Eero Kolehmainen (1918), Toimi Alatalo (1929), and Kaarlo Tuominen (1908). After him are Jalmari Eskola (1886), Tiina Lillak (1961), Juha Tiainen (1955), Kalle Jalkanen (1907), Juhani Suutarinen (1943), and Kalevi Hämäläinen (1932).

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