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Veikko Huhtanen

1919 - 1976

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Veikko Aarne Aleks Huhtanen (5 June 1919 – 29 January 1976) was a Finnish artistic gymnast. He was the most successful gymnast at the 1948 Summer Olympics, taking home five medals, including three gold medals. In the pommel horse event, Huhtanen and two other Finns, Heikki Savolainen and Paavo Aaltonen, had the same score and the gold medal was shared among the three. Huhtanen won two silver medals at the 1950 World Championships, in horizontal bar and with a team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Veikko Huhtanen is the 42nd most popular gymnast (down from 37th in 2019), the 1,518th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,600th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Veikko Huhtanen ranks 42 out of 370. Before him are Alberto Braglia, Carl Albert Andersen, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Axel Ljung, István Pelle, and Margit Korondi. After him are Yukio Endo, Charles Champaud, Arvid Holmberg, Josip Primožič, Guido Boni, and Estella Agsteribbe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Veikko Huhtanen ranks 208. Before him are Olle Anderberg, Gottfried Dienst, Gert Fredriksson, Karl H. Pribram, Vladimír Vašíček, and Fazlur Rahman Malik. After him are Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Margot Hielscher, Billy Vaughn, Mustai Karim, Pauline Kael, and Alan Young. Among people deceased in 1976, Veikko Huhtanen ranks 167. Before him are Haddon Sundblom, Ivo Van Damme, Maurice Dobb, Manuel Olivares, Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, and Alexander Lernet-Holenia. After him are Hamit Kaplan, Lily Pons, Edith Evans, Walter Piston, Percy Faith, and Mark Tobey.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Veikko Huhtanen ranks 1,518 out of 3,761. Before him are Vitaly Churkin (1952), Aleksandr Mostovoi (1968), Vladimir Vasiliev (1940), Larin Paraske (1832), Lev Atamanov (1905), and Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932). After him are Nikolai Roslavets (1881), Gavriil Kachalin (1911), Victor Motschulsky (1810), Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov (1854), Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1898), and Lyudmila Shevtsova (1934).

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Among GYMNASTS In Russia

Among gymnasts born in Russia, Veikko Huhtanen ranks 3. Before him are Nikolai Andrianov (1952), and Boris Shakhlin (1932). After him are Mikhail Voronin (1945), Valentin Muratov (1928), Yelena Shushunova (1969), Aleksanteri Saarvala (1913), Margarita Nikolaeva (1935), Larisa Petrik (1949), Yuri Titov (1935), Viktor Klimenko (1949), and Yelena Davydova (1961).

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