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Eero Lehtonen

1898 - 1959

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Eero Reino Lehtonen (21 April 1898 – 9 November 1959) was a Finnish athlete. He competed at the 1920 Olympics in the pentathlon, long jump and decathlon and at the 1924 Olympics in the pentathlon and 4 × 400 m relay. He won the pentathlon at both Games, but performed poorly in other events. He retired after learning that pentathlon was excluded from the 1928 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eero Lehtonen is the 319th most popular athlete (up from 822nd in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Finland (up from 302nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Eero Lehtonen ranks 319 out of 6,025. Before him are Maurice Greene, Merlene Ottey, Faina Melnik, Galina Zybina, Carlo Agostoni, and Ron Clarke. After him are Georgios Orphanidis, Erik Almlöf, Carlo Pavesi, Edwin Flack, Ivanka Khristova, and John Carlos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Eero Lehtonen ranks 143. Before him are Dámaso Alonso, Allen Woodring, Franz Bäke, Grace Moore, Luís Carlos Prestes, and Helene Engelmann. After him are Joe Spence, Walther von Hünersdorff, Johan Richthoff, Mikhail Koltsov, Eduard Pütsep, and Maria Klenova. Among people deceased in 1959, Eero Lehtonen ranks 109. Before him are Franz Blücher, Ramón Fonst, Georges Lefebvre, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, Kafū Nagai, and Irving Cummings. After him are Ki Hajar Dewantara, Edmund Gwenn, Kazimierz Bein, Lipót Fejér, Wayne Morris, and Reuven Shiloah.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Eero Lehtonen ranks 153 out of 751. Before him are Juho Vennola (1872), Leo Kinnunen (1943), Martin Wegelius (1846), Selim Palmgren (1878), Juha Sipilä (1961), and Ellen Thesleff (1869). After him are Aarre Merikanto (1893), Robert Kajanus (1856), Matti Pellonpää (1951), Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958), Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870), and Lill Lindfors (1940).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Eero Lehtonen ranks 12. Before him are Albin Stenroos (1889), Ilmari Salminen (1902), Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Jonni Myyrä (1892), and Lauri Virtanen (1904). After him are Elias Katz (1901), Elmer Niklander (1890), Toivo Loukola (1902), Julius Skutnabb (1889), Vilho Tuulos (1895), and Hugo Lahtinen (1891).

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