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Pentti Hämäläinen

1929 - 1984

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Pentti Olavi Hämäläinen (19 December 1929 – 11 December 1984) was a Finnish boxer. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively. He won two more bronze medals at European championships in 1951 and 1955. Domestically he won six Finnish titles between 1951 and 1956, two in flyweight, two in bantamweight and two in featherweight division. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pentti Hämäläinen is the 1,361st most popular athlete (down from 1,128th in 2019), the 352nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 350th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Pentti Hämäläinen ranks 1,361 out of 6,025. Before him are Alan Helffrich, Peter Donlon, Lennart Strand, Carl Forssell, Werner Günthör, and Tuvalu at the 2020 Summer Olympics. After him are Sidney Robinson, Dejan Dabović, Péter Marót, Arthur L. Newton, Duncan Gregg, and Herman Groman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Pentti Hämäläinen ranks 434. Before him are Alfredo Pérez, Girija Devi, Yevgeniy Chazov, Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Gerald Dreyer, and Yordan Radichkov. After him are Józef Pińkowski, Bruno Belin, Pat Crawford Brown, Marcelino dos Santos, Charlotte Froese Fischer, and Amar Bose. Among people deceased in 1984, Pentti Hämäläinen ranks 213. Before him are Eino Purje, Donald Johnston, Carl Foreman, Estelle Winwood, Byron Haskin, and Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. After him are Johnnie Parsons, Luke Kelly, Frank Fisher, Puck van Heel, Ross Taylor, and Bernard Lonergan.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Pentti Hämäläinen ranks 352 out of 751. Before him are Darude (1975), Viljo Heino (1914), Pentti Linnosvuo (1933), Paavo Väyrynen (1946), Sirkka Polkunen (1927), and Olavi Virta (1915). After him are Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921), Arvo Haavisto (1900), Mikko Kozarowitzky (1948), Kaarlo Kangasniemi (1941), Klaes Karppinen (1907), and Sulo Nurmela (1908).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Pentti Hämäläinen ranks 62. Before him are Eino Purje (1900), Eeles Landström (1932), Yrjö Hietanen (1927), Viljo Heino (1914), Pentti Linnosvuo (1933), and Sirkka Polkunen (1927). After him are Kaarlo Kangasniemi (1941), Sulo Nurmela (1908), Päivi Meriluoto (1952), Rodrigo (null), Kurt Wires (1919), and Väinö Ikonen (1895).

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