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Veli Lehtelä

1935 - 2020

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Veli Veikko Valtteri Lehtelä (6 September 1935 – 3 June 2020) was a Finnish rower. He competed in various two-man and four man events at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won two bronze medals, in 1956 and 1960. His son Jorma Lehtelä also became an Olympic rower. Throughout most of his career Lehtelä rowed with Toimi Pitkänen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Veli Lehtelä is the 608th most popular athlete (up from 1,247th in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from Finland (up from 365th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Veli Lehtelä ranks 608 out of 6,025. Before him are Heikki Liimatainen, Ottavio Missoni, Mikio Oda, David Curtiss Munson, Michel Jazy, and Francisco Villota. After him are Alice Coachman, Henri Chammartin, George Larner, Mate Trojanović, Tranquilo Cappozzo, and Luise Krüger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Veli Lehtelä ranks 294. Before him are Fujio Akatsuka, Don Bragg, Wolfgang Uhlmann, Kenneth Mars, Grant Green, and Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi. After him are Anne Treisman, Brian G. Hutton, Johnny Pacheco, Victor J. Stenger, Heinz Schneiter, and Jiří Čadek. Among people deceased in 2020, Veli Lehtelä ranks 379. Before him are Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Joseph Vilsmaier, Wolfgang Uhlmann, Nikolai Tanayev, Patrick Devedjian, and István Kausz. After him are Henryk Gulbinowicz, Wes Unseld, Òscar Ribas Reig, Chung Won-shik, Aldo Aureggi, and Maria Itkina.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Veli Lehtelä ranks 248 out of 751. Before him are Gustaf Molander (1888), Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870), Heikki Liimatainen (1894), Jukka-Pekka Saraste (1956), Lars Sonck (1870), and Frans Michael Franzén (1772). After him are Antti Hackzell (1881), Veli Saarinen (1902), Erkki Tuomioja (1946), Oskar Gripenberg (1838), Rudolf Walden (1878), and Eino Penttilä (1906).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Veli Lehtelä ranks 31. Before him are Armas Toivonen (1899), Arvo Askola (1909), Armas Taipale (1890), Paavo Johansson (1895), Teodor Koskenniemi (1887), and Heikki Liimatainen (1894). After him are Veli Saarinen (1902), Eino Penttilä (1906), Kaisa Parviainen (1914), Verner Järvinen (1870), Edvin Wide (1896), and Julius Saaristo (1891).

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