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Heikki Liimatainen

1894 - 1980

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Heikki Liimatainen (14 March 1894 – 24 December 1980) was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in cross country running. He competed for Finland in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium where he won the individual bronze medal in cross country running and helped the Finnish team of Paavo Nurmi and Teodor Koskenniemi win gold. He returned four years later to the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France where he again won the gold medal with Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola in the Finnish cross country team. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heikki Liimatainen is the 602nd most popular athlete (up from 632nd in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Finland (up from 275th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Heikki Liimatainen ranks 602 out of 6,025. Before her are Mel Patton, Louis Hostin, Vasily Rudenkov, Giorgio Chiavacci, Caroline Smith, and Albert Hill. After her are Ottavio Missoni, Mikio Oda, David Curtiss Munson, Michel Jazy, Francisco Villota, and Veli Lehtelä.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Heikki Liimatainen ranks 180. Before her are Esfir Shub, José Bustamante y Rivero, Florbela Espanca, Henryk Sławik, Krešimir Baranović, and Vladimir Triandafillov. After her are James Anderson, Walter Piston, Tiny Sandford, Semyon Bogdanov, Bertha Lutz, and Nita Naldi. Among people deceased in 1980, Heikki Liimatainen ranks 191. Before her are Simonne Mathieu, Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Frank Wykoff, Gaetano Belloni, George Pal, and Juan García Oliver. After her are Jijé, Mia May, Jóhann Hafstein, Aleksander Ford, Zezé Procópio, and Jacob Talmon.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Heikki Liimatainen ranks 244 out of 751. Before her are Paavo Johansson (1895), Teodor Koskenniemi (1887), Kalle Anttila (1887), Reino Kuuskoski (1907), Gustaf Molander (1888), and Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870). After her are Jukka-Pekka Saraste (1956), Lars Sonck (1870), Frans Michael Franzén (1772), Veli Lehtelä (1935), Antti Hackzell (1881), and Veli Saarinen (1902).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Heikki Liimatainen ranks 30. Before her are Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Armas Toivonen (1899), Arvo Askola (1909), Armas Taipale (1890), Paavo Johansson (1895), and Teodor Koskenniemi (1887). After her are Veli Lehtelä (1935), Veli Saarinen (1902), Eino Penttilä (1906), Kaisa Parviainen (1914), Verner Järvinen (1870), and Edvin Wide (1896).

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