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Lydia Wideman

1920 - 2019

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Lydia Wideman (later Wideman-Lehtonen, 17 May 1920 – 13 April 2019) was a cross-country skier from Finland and the first female Olympic medalist in cross-country skiing. In 1952 she competed in thirteen 10 km races and won all of them, including the 1952 Winter Olympics, national championships and Lahti Ski Games. Wideman and her twin sister Tyyne were born in a family of ten siblings. Many members of her family were skilled cross-country skiers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lydia Wideman is the 11,076th most popular politician (up from 12,946th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Finland (up from 193rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Finnish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lydia Wideman ranks 11,076 out of 19,576. Before her are Princess Isabella of Croÿ, Ariarathes V of Cappadocia, Yazid of Morocco, Borna, Tarun Gogoi, and Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova. After her are Richard Hildebrandt, Adam Gottlob Moltke, Võ Chí Công, Sadiq Khan, José Vasconcelos, and Marcus Valerius Corvus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Lydia Wideman ranks 193. Before her are Mahendra of Nepal, Stéphanos II Ghattas, Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Chatichai Choonhavan, Khieu Ponnary, and Karel Píč. After her are Celia Sánchez, Georges Marchais, José Gonzalvo, Leo McKern, Lê Đức Anh, and Richard E. Bellman. Among people deceased in 2019, Lydia Wideman ranks 194. Before her are Scott Walker, Maria Giuseppa Robucci, Negasso Gidada, Édith Scob, Eduardo Fajardo, and Pal Benko. After her are Fritz Hollings, Robert Walker, John Havlicek, José Antonio Reyes, Stefano Delle Chiaie, and Lê Đức Anh.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Lydia Wideman ranks 136 out of 751. Before her are Alexander Mozhaysky (1825), Lauri Virtanen (1904), Rafael Paasio (1903), Mauritz Stiller (1883), Reino Ragnar Lehto (1898), and Christian von Steven (1781). After her are Paavo Aaltonen (1919), Antti Rinne (1962), Emil Väre (1885), Aimo Lahti (1896), Jörn Donner (1933), and Petter Adolf Karsten (1834).

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Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Lydia Wideman ranks 36. Before her are Sanna Marin (1985), Martti Miettunen (1907), Anneli Jäätteenmäki (1955), Kaarlo Castrén (1860), Rafael Paasio (1903), and Reino Ragnar Lehto (1898). After her are Antti Rinne (1962), Mari Kiviniemi (1968), Juho Vennola (1872), Juha Sipilä (1961), Mauno Pekkala (1890), and Pekka Haavisto (1958).

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