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Paavo Lonkila

1923 - 2017

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Paavo Olavi Lonkila (born Lång on 11 January 1923 – 22 September 2017) was a Finnish cross-country skier. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1952 Olympics and finished third in the individual 18 km race, 11 seconds behind his teammate Tapio Mäkelä. Earlier his 4 × 10 km relay team placed second at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he finished fifth over 18 km. He won the 18 km event at the 1951 Holmenkollen ski festival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paavo Lonkila is the 104th most popular skier (up from 122nd in 2019), the 341st most popular biography from Finland (up from 368th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Finnish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Paavo Lonkila ranks 104 out of 817. Before him are Simon Ammann, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Stefania Belmondo, Heidi Biebl, Sven Utterström, and Zeno Colò. After him are Gunde Svan, Jens Weißflog, Jan Boklöv, Piero Gros, Hans-Georg Aschenbach, and Tapio Mäkelä.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Paavo Lonkila ranks 361. Before him are Norman Smith, Dina Merrill, Giorgio Albertazzi, Noël Vandernotte, Aage Larsen, and Ken Kavanagh. After him are Nena, Eugenio Calabi, Břetislav Pojar, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Bülent Ulusu, and Jorge Romo. Among people deceased in 2017, Paavo Lonkila ranks 413. Before him are Yambo Ouologuem, Roy Dotrice, Pancho Segura, Alina Janowska, Armand Gatti, and Dina Merrill. After him are Vinod Khanna, Catherine Hardy Lavender, Sotsha Dlamini, Curt Lowens, Tullio Baraglia, and Vyacheslav Ivanov.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Paavo Lonkila ranks 341 out of 751. Before him are Matti Sippala (1908), Eino Purje (1900), Emppu Vuorinen (1978), Arvo Ylppö (1887), Kirka (1950), and Eeles Landström (1932). After him are Yrjö Hietanen (1927), Okko Kamu (1946), Tapio Mäkelä (1926), Lauri Ylönen (1979), Darude (1975), and Viljo Heino (1914).

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Among SKIERS In Finland

Among skiers born in Finland, Paavo Lonkila ranks 11. Before him are Janne Ahonen (1977), Jouko Törmänen (1954), Aulis Kallakorpi (1929), Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1955), Toini Pöysti (1933), and Toini Gustafsson (1938). After him are Tapio Mäkelä (1926), Klaes Karppinen (1907), Harri Kirvesniemi (1958), Matti Lähde (1911), Niilo Halonen (1940), and Toni Nieminen (1975).

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