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Jonni Myyrä

1892 - 1955

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Joonas "Jonni" Myyrä (13 July 1892 – 22 January 1955) was a Finnish athlete who competed at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Olympics. In 1912, he finished eighth in the javelin throw. At the 1920 Olympics, his left arm was fractured in a warm-up accident – the spear thrown by James Lincoln struck Myyrä while he was resting on the grass. Nevertheless, Myyrä won the javelin event with an Olympic record of 65.78 meters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jonni Myyrä is the 224th most popular athlete (up from 313th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Finland (up from 176th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jonni Myyrä ranks 224 out of 6,025. Before him are Gaston Roelants, Imre Németh, Klas Lestander, Samuel Jones, Gyula Kellner, and Saint-George Ashe. After him are Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Otto Herschmann, Magnar Solberg, William Stevenson, Parry O'Brien, and Rosemarie Ackermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Jonni Myyrä ranks 139. Before him are Ivan Tyulenev, Alan Hale Sr., Mabel Normand, Juan Belmonte, Erich Neumann, and Robert H. Jackson. After him are Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, Lola Anglada, Stepan Petrichenko, Roberto Farinacci, Peter Doi, and George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven. Among people deceased in 1955, Jonni Myyrä ranks 82. Before him are Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Hubert Cecil Booth, H. J. R. Murray, Isaak Dunayevsky, Tribhuvan of Nepal, and Theodor Innitzer. After him are Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Louis Charles Breguet, Jirō Minami, Guy Ropartz, Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Ramón Muttis.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Jonni Myyrä ranks 126 out of 751. Before him are Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Anders Chydenius (1729), Pentti Linkola (1932), Martti Miettunen (1907), and Gunnar Höckert (1910). After him are Anneli Jäätteenmäki (1955), Kaarlo Castrén (1860), Sami Hyypiä (1973), Alexander Mozhaysky (1825), Lauri Virtanen (1904), and Rafael Paasio (1903).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Jonni Myyrä ranks 10. Before him are Ville Ritola (1896), Matti Järvinen (1909), Albin Stenroos (1889), Ilmari Salminen (1902), Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), and Gunnar Höckert (1910). After him are Lauri Virtanen (1904), Eero Lehtonen (1898), Elias Katz (1901), Elmer Niklander (1890), Toivo Loukola (1902), and Julius Skutnabb (1889).

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