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Toivo Hyytiäinen

1925 - 1978

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Toivo Armas Hyytiäinen (12 November 1925 in Saarijärvi – 21 October 1978) was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed mainly in the men's javelin throw. He competed for Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where he won the bronze medal in the men's javelin throw competition. He was also the 1950 European champion in men's javelin throw. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Toivo Hyytiäinen is the 458th most popular athlete (up from 1,688th in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from Finland (up from 402nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Toivo Hyytiäinen ranks 458 out of 6,025. Before him are Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Lyudmila Bragina, Harri Larva, Virgilijus Alekna, Anatoly Khrapaty, and Wolfgang Nordwig. After him are Luigi Carpaneda, Giancarlo Bergamini, Afonso Costa, Jorma Kinnunen, Frank Irons, and Blanka Vlašić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Toivo Hyytiäinen ranks 272. Before him are Gordon George Avery, Julian Beck, Shehu Shagari, Francesco Colasuonno, José Beyaert, and Luis Cruz. After him are Luigi Carpaneda, John Fiedler, M. S. Swaminathan, Néstor Rossi, Anne-Marie Colchen, and Pierre Mondy. Among people deceased in 1978, Toivo Hyytiäinen ranks 143. Before him are Georges Speicher, Federico Chávez, Germain Derycke, Rubén Morán, Zenta Mauriņa, and Lon L. Fuller. After him are Joseph Colombo, John D. Rockefeller III, Robert Menzies, Roman Karmen, Philip K. Hitti, and Mary Blair.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Toivo Hyytiäinen ranks 201 out of 751. Before him are Hugo Lahtinen (1891), Paavo Haavikko (1931), Tapio Rautavaara (1915), Eero Mäntyranta (1937), Harri Larva (1906), and Henrik Gabriel Porthan (1739). After him are Marion Rung (1945), Juho Sunila (1875), Jorma Kinnunen (1941), Oskari Mantere (1874), Pekka Halonen (1865), and Timo Tolkki (1966).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Toivo Hyytiäinen ranks 20. Before him are Elmer Niklander (1890), Toivo Loukola (1902), Julius Skutnabb (1889), Vilho Tuulos (1895), Hugo Lahtinen (1891), and Harri Larva (1906). After him are Jorma Kinnunen (1941), Veikko Kankkonen (1940), Paavo Yrjölä (1902), Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Armas Toivonen (1899), and Arvo Askola (1909).

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