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Niilo Halonen

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Kalle Niilo Ponteva Halonen (born 25 December 1940 in Kouvola) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed between 1960 and 1967. His biggest success was the silver medal in the individual large hill at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. Halonen also won the bronze medal in the individual large hill at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane. He finished second in a normal hill competition in Germany in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Niilo Halonen is the 137th most popular skier (up from 164th in 2019), the 378th most popular biography from Finland (up from 407th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Finnish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Niilo Halonen ranks 137 out of 817. Before him are Lucile Wheeler, Nikolay Anikin, Lasse Kjus, Assar Rönnlund, Jure Franko, and Georg Thoma. After him are Tora Berger, Toni Nieminen, Erika Hess, Miran Tepeš, Ossi Reichert, and Edy Reinalter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Niilo Halonen ranks 494. Before him are Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Alexei Panshin, Jack Thompson, K. J. Yesudas, Thomas Köhler, and Chuck Mangione. After him are Erik Hartsuiker, Aristides Royo, Hasan Muratović, Paul Williams, Naohiro Ikeda, and Sapardi Djoko Damono.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Niilo Halonen ranks 378 out of 751. Before him are Vilho Väisälä (1889), Toimi Alatalo (1929), Miina Sillanpää (1866), Eeva Ruoppa (1932), Hannu Salama (1936), and Kaarlo Tuominen (1908). After him are Leena Krohn (1947), Lucina Hagman (1863), Toni Nieminen (1975), Arvo Viitanen (1924), Timo Soini (1962), and Käärijä (1993).

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Among SKIERS In Finland

Among skiers born in Finland, Niilo Halonen ranks 16. Before him are Toini Gustafsson (1938), Paavo Lonkila (1923), Tapio Mäkelä (1926), Klaes Karppinen (1907), Harri Kirvesniemi (1958), and Matti Lähde (1911). After him are Toni Nieminen (1975), Rauno Miettinen (1949), Jari Puikkonen (1959), Helena Takalo (1947), Mika Myllylä (1969), and Ari-Pekka Nikkola (1969).

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