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Niilo Halonen

1940 - 2025

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Kalle Niilo Ponteva Halonen (25 December 1940 – 17 August 2025) was a Finnish 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. 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 377th most popular biography from Finland (up from 406th 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. Among people deceased in 2025, Niilo Halonen ranks 305. Before him are Robert Jay Lifton, Nicholas Grimshaw, Alexander Mitta, Martin Cruz Smith, Dick Barnett, and Chuck Mangione. After him are Josef Černý, Clodagh Rodgers, Mary K. Gaillard, Mara Corday, Andriy Parubiy, and Sabu.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Niilo Halonen ranks 377 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 Erika Vikman (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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