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Kalervo Toivonen

1913 - 2006

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Kaarlo Kalervo Toivonen (22 January 1913, Salo – 25 July 2006) was a Finnish athlete who mainly competed in the men's javelin throw during his career. Toivonen represented Finland at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he threw the javelin 70.72 metres to win the bronze medal. The competition in the javelin throw was extremely close; fellow Finn, Yrjo Nikkanen finished just five centimeters ahead of Toivonen to win the silver medal, and one meter ahead of both Finns was Germany's Gerhard Stöck, who won the gold medal at 71.84 meters. Both Toivonen and Nikkanen had been ahead of Gerhard Stöck through four rounds of throwing; then in round five, Stöck came through with his gold medal-winning performance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kalervo Toivonen is the 904th most popular athlete (down from 874th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from Finland (up from 317th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kalervo Toivonen ranks 904 out of 6,025. Before him are Frantz Reichel, Gábor Delneky, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Ileana Silai, and Fauja Singh. After him are Bilistiche, Hans Kalt, Josef Feistmantl, Ion Panțuru, István Tóth, and Dan Ayrault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Kalervo Toivonen ranks 271. Before him are Bahi Ladgham, Annette Rogers, Taos Amrouche, Cyril Toumanoff, Philip Guston, and Morton Gould. After him are Tibor Kemény, Guillermo Haro, Gardnar Mulloy, Ranko Marinković, Mikhail Solomentsev, and Anna Lee. Among people deceased in 2006, Kalervo Toivonen ranks 256. Before him are Savino Guglielmetti, Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, Annette Rogers, Hilde Domin, Konstantin Beskov, and Dana Reeve. After him are Lyuben Berov, Milan Damjanović, Don Knotts, Bertil Antonsson, Eugène Martin, and S. Yizhar.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kalervo Toivonen ranks 303 out of 751. Before him are Pentti Eskola (1883), Peter Franzén (1971), Harri Rovanperä (1966), Urho Peltonen (1893), Jouko Törmänen (1954), and Tua Forsström (1947). After him are Aulis Kallakorpi (1929), Kaarlo Koskelo (1888), Leo Makkonen (1948), Adolf Ehrnrooth (1905), Timo Kotipelto (1969), and Vilho Lampi (1898).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Kalervo Toivonen ranks 46. Before him are Pertti Karppinen (1953), Sulo Bärlund (1910), Ville Pörhölä (1897), Antero Kivi (1904), Pekka Vasala (1948), and Urho Peltonen (1893). After him are Vilho Niittymaa (1896), Thorvald Strömberg (1931), Mirja Hietamies (1931), Akilles Järvinen (1905), Siiri Rantanen (1924), and Eero Berg (1898).

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