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Urho Peltonen

1893 - 1951

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Urho Pellervo Peltonen (15 January 1893 – 7 January 1951) was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw. He competed for Finland in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden, in both the regular and two-handed javelin throw, a one-time Olympic event in which the total was counted as a sum of best throws with the right hand and with the left hand. Peltonen won a bronze medal in the latter event behind fellow Finns Julius Saaristo and Väinö Siikaniemi and one place ahead of Swede Eric Lemming, who had won the one hand competition. Eight years later after World War I he again competed for Finland in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium, where he won the silver medal in the regular javelin as Finland swept the first four places with Jonni Myyrä winning, Paavo Johansson in third and Saaristo in fourth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Urho Peltonen is the 879th most popular athlete (down from 834th in 2019), the 300th most popular biography from Finland (up from 308th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Urho Peltonen ranks 879 out of 6,025. Before him are Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston, Ernst Schultz, Edwin Hedley, Adalberts Bubenko, Team Hoyt, and Arthur Russell. After him are Bo Ekelund, Tom Daley, Irma Johansson, Maria Sander, K. D. Jadhav, and Aimé Haegeman.

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Among people born in 1893, Urho Peltonen ranks 211. Before him are Aleksei Losev, Elisaveta Bagriana, Gabrielle Petit, Romeo Bertini, Georges Buchard, and Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia. After him are Harald Cramér, Jimmy Durante, Charley Chase, Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, Blind Blake, and Georg Åberg. Among people deceased in 1951, Urho Peltonen ranks 142. Before him are Nikola Mushanov, Anna Tumarkin, Mayo Methot, Richard Schorr, Nils Rosén, and Ernie Collett. After him are Sigmund Romberg, Gunnar Lindström, María Grever, Miyamoto Yuriko, Adolf Spinnler, and Edith Hannam.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Urho Peltonen ranks 300 out of 751. Before him are Rosa Liksom (1958), Kullervo Manner (1880), Eino Kaila (1890), Pentti Eskola (1883), Peter Franzén (1971), and Harri Rovanperä (1966). After him are Jouko Törmänen (1954), Tua Forsström (1947), Kalervo Toivonen (1913), Aulis Kallakorpi (1929), Kaarlo Koskelo (1888), and Leo Makkonen (1948).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Urho Peltonen ranks 45. Before him are Martti Marttelin (1897), Pertti Karppinen (1953), Sulo Bärlund (1910), Ville Pörhölä (1897), Antero Kivi (1904), and Pekka Vasala (1948). After him are Kalervo Toivonen (1913), Vilho Niittymaa (1896), Thorvald Strömberg (1931), Mirja Hietamies (1931), Akilles Järvinen (1905), and Siiri Rantanen (1924).

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