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Eero Mäntyranta

1937 - 2013

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Eero Antero Mäntyranta (20 November 1937 – 30 December 2013) was one of the most successful Finnish cross-country skiers. He competed in four Winter Olympics (1960–1972) winning seven medals at three of them. His performance at the 1964 Winter Olympics earned him the nickname "Mister Seefeld", referring to the venue where the cross-country skiing and biathlon competitions took place. The Finnish Ministry of Education endowed him with the Pro Urheilu letter of recognition in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eero Mäntyranta is the 13,034th most popular politician (down from 9,548th in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from Finland (down from 113th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Finnish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eero Mäntyranta ranks 13,034 out of 19,576Before him are Edwin Linkomies, Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Margherita Maria Farnese, Ernst Trygger, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, and Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles. After him are Jafar Sharif-Emami, Simon I of Kartli, Princess Nora of Liechtenstein, John Wilkes, Nông Đức Mạnh, and Víctor Balaguer i Cirera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Eero Mäntyranta ranks 290Before him are Vitaly Zholobov, Albert Brülls, Gary Hocking, Jennifer Welles, John Phillip Law, and Zdeněk Zikán. After him are Boris Cyrulnik, Joaquim Carvalho, Willi Koslowski, Guy Marchand, Chandrashekhara Kambara, and Ferenc Kósa. Among people deceased in 2013, Eero Mäntyranta ranks 246Before him are Otto Muehl, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Peter Banks, Henning Larsen, Ignacio Eizaguirre, and Zdeněk Zikán. After him are Zlatko Papec, Dezső Gyarmati, Nadir Afonso, Lorenzo Antonetti, Antonio Roma, and Eric Ericson.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Eero Mäntyranta ranks 198 out of 751Before him are Olli Rehn (1962), V. J. Sukselainen (1906), Vilho Tuulos (1895), Hugo Lahtinen (1891), Paavo Haavikko (1931), and Tapio Rautavaara (1915). After him are Harri Larva (1906), Henrik Gabriel Porthan (1739), Toivo Hyytiäinen (1925), Marion Rung (1945), Juho Sunila (1875), and Jorma Kinnunen (1941).

Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Eero Mäntyranta ranks 50Before him are Ralf Törngren (1899), Klaus Fleming (1535), Esko Aho (1954), Johan Wilhelm Rangell (1894), Olli Rehn (1962), and V. J. Sukselainen (1906). After him are Juho Sunila (1875), Oskari Mantere (1874), Aksel Airo (1898), Ahti Karjalainen (1923), Harald Öhquist (1891), and Rafael Erich (1879).