BOXER

Sten Suvio

1911 - 1988

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Sten "Stepa" Suvio (born Schuschin, 25 November 1911 – 19 October 1988) was a Finnish boxer who won the welterweight contest at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He then turned professional and by 1949 accumulated a record of 34 wins (15 knockouts), 9 losses and 3 draws. Suvio started as a football player, wrestler and speed skater before changing to boxing in 1927. He placed second at the national championships in 1929 and 1930, and then won four consecutive amateur titles in 1933–1936. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sten Suvio is the 116th most popular boxer (up from 135th in 2019), the 1,823rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,163rd in 2019) and the most popular Russian Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Sten Suvio ranks 116 out of 496. Before him are Santiago Lovell, Issake Dabore, Vasyl Lomachenko, Orlando Martínez, George Chuvalo, and Carlos Lucas. After him are Bob Fitzsimmons, Emilio Correa, Thomas Hearns, Harry Mallin, Bert Schneider, and Howard Davis Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Sten Suvio ranks 284. Before him are Fauja Singh, Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu, Leen Vente, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, and Lisa Fonssagrives. After him are Jack Finney, Jean Cayrol, Alan Hovhaness, Kurt Maetzig, Sakari Tuomioja, and Maurice Perrin. Among people deceased in 1988, Sten Suvio ranks 189. Before him are Joseph Wresinski, Ferit Melen, Guillermo Haro, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Hans Lewy, and Paula Mollenhauer. After him are Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira, Ottó Boros, Jaú, Phạm Hùng, Hermann Volk, and Freddie Wolff.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sten Suvio ranks 1,823 out of 3,761. Before him are Igor Ilyinsky (1901), Feodor Gladkov (1883), Ivan Ivanov-Vano (1900), Boris Vasilyev (1924), Vladimir Solovyov (1963), and Zoya Fyodorova (1909). After him are Orest Khvolson (1852), Alexey Favorsky (1860), Gennady Sarafanov (1942), Mikhail Kozakov (1934), Ivan Perestiani (1870), and Oleg Anofriyev (1930).

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Among BOXERS In Russia

Among boxers born in Russia, Sten Suvio ranks 1. After him are Artur Beterbiev (1985), Boris Lagutin (1938), Stanislav Stepashkin (1940), Alexander Povetkin (1979), Kostya Tszyu (1969), Gennadiy Shatkov (1932), Sultan Ibragimov (1975), Sergey Kovalev (1983), Oleg Saitov (1974), Egor Mekhontsev (1984), and Rakhim Chakhkiev (1983).

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