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Tiina Lillak

1961 - Today

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Ilse Kristiina ('Tiina') Lillak (born 15 April 1961) is a Finnish former javelin thrower. She is the 1983 world champion and 1984 Olympic silver medalist. She also twice broke the world record, with throws of 72.40 metres in 1982 and 74.76 metres in 1983. The latter distance ranks third on the all-time list with the old javelin model. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tiina Lillak is the 1,764th most popular athlete (up from 1,797th in 2019), the 390th most popular biography from Finland (up from 416th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tiina Lillak ranks 1,764 out of 6,025. Before her are Paul Pilgrim, Marion Becker, P. T. Usha, Víctor Peralta, Harry Voigt, and Sergio Caprari. After her are Friedrich Waller, Lam Jones, Pierre Musy, Tadeusz Rut, Francisco Fernández, and Charles Vinci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Tiina Lillak ranks 393. Before her are Todd McFarlane, Maria do Carmo Silveira, Brad Gilbert, Takao Kobayashi, Liu Gang, and Javier Hernández. After her are Nancy Travis, Andrea Carnevale, Daniel Johnston, Evan Handler, Sugao Kambe, and Rebecca Solnit.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tiina Lillak ranks 390 out of 751. Before her are Käärijä (1993), Jalmari Eskola (1886), Simo Puupponen (1915), Rauno Miettinen (1949), Juice Leskinen (1950), and Ilkka Kanerva (1948). After her are Aulis Rytkönen (1929), Antti Kalliomäki (1947), Juha Tiainen (1955), Martti Nieminen (1891), Jari Puikkonen (1959), and Kalle Jalkanen (1907).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Tiina Lillak ranks 74. Before her are Väinö Ikonen (1895), Eero Kolehmainen (1918), Toimi Alatalo (1929), Kaarlo Tuominen (1908), Arvo Viitanen (1924), and Jalmari Eskola (1886). After her are Juha Tiainen (1955), Kalle Jalkanen (1907), Juhani Suutarinen (1943), Kalevi Hämäläinen (1932), Kauko Hänninen (1930), and Harry Siljander (1922).

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