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Helena Takalo

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Anni Helena Takalo (née Kivioja, born 28 October 1947) is a Finnish former cross-country skier. She was born in Nivala, and was dominant women's cross-country skiing in the 1970s, earning five Winter Olympic medals and four FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medals (golds in 5 km and 4 × 5 km relay (both 1978), and bronzes in 3 × 5 km relay (1970), 10 km (1974), and 20 km (1978).). Takalo also won the women's 5 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1976. For her cross-country skiing successes, she earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1977 (Shared with Hilkka Riihivuori and Walter Steiner). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helena Takalo is the 161st most popular skier (down from 153rd in 2019), the 404th most popular biography from Finland (down from 395th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Finnish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Helena Takalo ranks 161 out of 817. Before her are Mateja Svet, Michela Figini, Marcel Hirscher, Anderl Molterer, Léo Lacroix, and Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. After her are Jan Halvarsson, Edmund Bruggmann, Barbara Petzold, Andreas Goldberger, Lara Gut-Behrami, and Annemarie Buchner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Helena Takalo ranks 749. Before her are Ivan Zafirov, Joe Manchin, Dominique Baudis, Roky Erickson, Tomas Pettersson, and Eva Ström. After her are Rupert Holmes, Viacheslav Semenov, Robert Lighthizer, Dan Lauria, Gustav Hasford, and Carry Geijssen.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Helena Takalo ranks 404 out of 751. Before her are Arvi Pohjanpää (1887), Fredi (1942), Edvin Laine (1905), Hjalmar Mellin (1854), Santeri Alkio (1862), and Kalevi Hämäläinen (1932). After her are Mauri Kunnas (1950), Katri Vala (1901), Tony Kakko (1975), Kauko Hänninen (1930), Sami Vänskä (1976), and Saku Koivu (1974).

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Among SKIERS In Finland

Among skiers born in Finland, Helena Takalo ranks 20. Before her are Harri Kirvesniemi (1958), Matti Lähde (1911), Niilo Halonen (1940), Toni Nieminen (1975), Rauno Miettinen (1949), and Jari Puikkonen (1959). After her are Mika Myllylä (1969), Ari-Pekka Nikkola (1969), Väinö Huhtala (1935), Tuomo Ylipulli (1965), Risto Laakkonen (1967), and Jani Soininen (1972).

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