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Emil Väre

1885 - 1974

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Emil Ernst Väre (28 September 1885 – 31 January 1974) was a Finnish wrestler who won the gold medals in the lightweight class at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics. Väre held the 1911 World title, the 1912 unofficial European title, and the 1909 and 1911 national titles. Between 1912 and 1916, he won all of his wrestling bouts. He retired after the 1920 Olympics to become a wrestling referee and coach. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emil Väre is the 63rd most popular wrestler (down from 60th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Finland (up from 209th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Emil Väre ranks 63 out of 1,027. Before him are Seth Rollins, Randy Savage, Gholamreza Takhti, Jon Moxley, Viscera, and Lita. After him are Chavo Guerrero Jr., Stone Cold Steve Austin, Terry Funk, Luke Harper, R-Truth, and Chris Benoit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Emil Väre ranks 122. Before him are Theodor Kaluza, Charles Dullin, Wallace Beery, Francisco Olazar, Frederick Holman, and Elihan Tore. After him are Dimitrios Loundras, Jan Czochralski, Rolf Carls, Nils von Kantzow, Carmine Gallone, and Liviu Rebreanu. Among people deceased in 1974, Emil Väre ranks 113. Before him are Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Spyridon Marinatos, Yekaterina Furtseva, Abraham Robinson, Bud Abbott, and Sucheta Kriplani. After him are Earl Warren, Mikheil Chiaureli, Arnaud Denjoy, Arnold Fanck, Anna Q. Nilsson, and Ken Myers.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Emil Väre ranks 139 out of 751. Before him are Mauritz Stiller (1883), Reino Ragnar Lehto (1898), Christian von Steven (1781), Lydia Wideman (1920), Paavo Aaltonen (1919), and Antti Rinne (1962). After him are Aimo Lahti (1896), Jörn Donner (1933), Petter Adolf Karsten (1834), Mari Kiviniemi (1968), Hugo Österman (1892), and Timo Salonen (1951).

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Among WRESTLERS In Finland

Among wrestlers born in Finland, Emil Väre ranks 1. After him are Väinö Kokkinen (1899), Verner Weckman (1882), Kalle Anttila (1887), Kustaa Pihlajamäki (1902), Adolf Lindfors (1879), Yrjö Saarela (1884), Eino Leino (1891), Kaarlo Koskelo (1888), Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903), Arvo Haavisto (1900), and Kelpo Gröndahl (1920).

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