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Erkki Kataja

1924 - 1969

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Erkki Olavi Kataja (19 June 1924 in Kuusankoski – 27 April 1969) was a Finnish athlete, who competed mainly in the pole vault. Kataja competed for Finland in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain where he won the silver medal in the pole vault event. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erkki Kataja is the 1,072nd most popular athlete (up from 1,216th in 2019), the 329th most popular biography from Finland (up from 360th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Erkki Kataja ranks 1,072 out of 6,025. Before him are Jim Wedderburn, Marie-José Pérec, Peter Kemp, Willi Eichhorn, Irina Privalova, and Marcus Hurley. After him are Ingrid Lotz, Pauli Nevala, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Paul Anderson, Josef Doležal, and Michel Scheuer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Erkki Kataja ranks 375. Before him are Yulia Drunina, Val Avery, Silvano Piovanelli, Siiri Rantanen, Joan Aiken, and Natalia Bekhtereva. After him are Sabine Weiss, Carlos Humberto Romero, Masha Bruskina, Peter Scholl-Latour, Rossana Rossanda, and Alberto Uria. Among people deceased in 1969, Erkki Kataja ranks 191. Before him are Frederick Lane, Harry Mallin, Heinrich Hax, Gunnar Andersson, Eero Berg, and Katsutoshi Naito. After him are Zia ol Din Tabatabaee, Hjalmar Cedercrona, Olga Oelkers, Márton Homonnai, Óscar Osorio, and Natalie Talmadge.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Erkki Kataja ranks 329 out of 751. Before him are Laila Kinnunen (1939), Joonas Kokkonen (1921), Siiri Rantanen (1924), Antti Tuuri (1944), Eero Berg (1898), and Eevi Huttunen (1922). After him are Pauli Nevala (1940), Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903), Kjell Westö (1961), Jorma Ollila (1950), Oskari Tokoi (1873), and Matti Sippala (1908).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Erkki Kataja ranks 53. Before him are Vilho Niittymaa (1896), Thorvald Strömberg (1931), Mirja Hietamies (1931), Akilles Järvinen (1905), Siiri Rantanen (1924), and Eero Berg (1898). After him are Pauli Nevala (1940), Matti Sippala (1908), Eino Purje (1900), Eeles Landström (1932), Yrjö Hietanen (1927), and Viljo Heino (1914).

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