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Kalle Jalkanen

1907 - 1941

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Kalle Jalkanen (10 May 1907 in Suonenjoki – 5 September 1941 in Kirjasalo) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the 4 × 10 km relay. He won the relay along with Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen and Matti Lähde. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kalle Jalkanen is the 1,822nd most popular athlete (up from 1,846th in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from Finland (up from 419th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kalle Jalkanen ranks 1,822 out of 6,025. Before him are Nikolay Smaga, Tyson Gay, Meinhard Nehmer, Pierre Blondiaux, Reinhold Durnthaler, and Harald Hein. After him are Eva Dawes, Humberto Mariles, Józef Zapędzki, Tom Price, Darya Domracheva, and Yulia Ryabchinskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Kalle Jalkanen ranks 353. Before him are Art Babbitt, N. G. L. Hammond, Jacques Barzun, Célestin Delmer, Jules Roy, and Farid Simaika. After him are Leonid Sedov, Lotfia Elnadi, Rolf Jacobsen, Joseph Gonzales, Adalbert Püllöck, and Rudolf Krause. Among people deceased in 1941, Kalle Jalkanen ranks 205. Before him are Franz von Werra, Ira Davenport, Vladimir Ćorović, Juan Corzo, Martti Nieminen, and George Beauchamp. After him are Banjo Paterson, Alexander Afinogenov, Leonid Leonidov, Edu Snethlage, Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, and Victor Schertzinger.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kalle Jalkanen ranks 396 out of 751. Before him are Tiina Lillak (1961), Aulis Rytkönen (1929), Antti Kalliomäki (1947), Juha Tiainen (1955), Martti Nieminen (1891), and Jari Puikkonen (1959). After him are Juhani Suutarinen (1943), Arvi Pohjanpää (1887), Fredi (1942), Edvin Laine (1905), Hjalmar Mellin (1854), and Santeri Alkio (1862).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Kalle Jalkanen ranks 76. Before him are Toimi Alatalo (1929), Kaarlo Tuominen (1908), Arvo Viitanen (1924), Jalmari Eskola (1886), Tiina Lillak (1961), and Juha Tiainen (1955). After him are Juhani Suutarinen (1943), Kalevi Hämäläinen (1932), Kauko Hänninen (1930), Harry Siljander (1922), Kalevi Oikarainen (1936), and Kaisa Mäkäräinen (1983).

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