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Kaisa Parviainen

1914 - 2002

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Katri "Kaisa" Vellamo Parviainen (3 December 1914 – 21 October 2002) was a Finnish athlete. She competed in the javelin throw at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1948, finishing 16th in 1952; in 1948 she also placed 13th in the long jump. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kaisa Parviainen is the 698th most popular athlete (up from 1,102nd in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from Finland (up from 347th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kaisa Parviainen ranks 698 out of 6,025. Before her are Valerio Arri, Carol, Jacqueline Mazéas, Bill Bruce, Dorothy Poynton-Hill, and Rex Cawley. After her are Jean Shiley, Arie van Vliet, Argentina Menis, Evelyn Ashford, Hermann Wilker, and Roelof Klein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Kaisa Parviainen ranks 266. Before her are Julián Marías, Orhan Kemal, Yrjö Nikkanen, Jeff Corey, Adolf Urban, and Jan Nowak-Jeziorański. After her are Robert R. Wilson, Jaap Bakema, Nikolay Makarov, Henri Laborit, Leabua Jonathan, and Fumio Hayasaka. Among people deceased in 2002, Kaisa Parviainen ranks 210. Before her are Abdel Rahman Badawi, Lou Thesz, Jean Dockx, Indra Devi, Bill Bruce, and Georges Beaucourt. After her are Raymond Firth, Oskar Sala, Francisco Cabañas, Leopold Vietoris, Nils Bohlin, and Richard Helms.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kaisa Parviainen ranks 270 out of 751. Before her are Teemu Sippo (1947), Janne Ahonen (1977), Teemu Selänne (1970), Kurt Martti Wallenius (1893), Yrjö Saarela (1884), and Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791). After her are Eino Leino (1891), Stina Ekblad (1954), Ruben Lagus (1896), Verner Järvinen (1870), Katri Helena (1945), and Mr Lordi (1974).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Kaisa Parviainen ranks 34. Before her are Paavo Johansson (1895), Teodor Koskenniemi (1887), Heikki Liimatainen (1894), Veli Lehtelä (1935), Veli Saarinen (1902), and Eino Penttilä (1906). After her are Verner Järvinen (1870), Edvin Wide (1896), Julius Saaristo (1891), Väinö Siikaniemi (1887), Martti Marttelin (1897), and Pertti Karppinen (1953).

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