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Veli Saarinen

1902 - 1969

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Veli Selim Saarinen (16 September 1902 – 12 October 1969) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. In 1928, he finished fourth in the 18 km event. In 1932, he won a gold in the 50 km and a bronze in the 18 km event, becoming the first Finnish cross-country skier to win an Olympic gold medal. Yet his biggest success came at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he won six medals between 1926 and 1934, including three gold medals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Veli Saarinen is the 617th most popular athlete (up from 1,004th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Finland (up from 331st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Veli Saarinen ranks 617 out of 6,025. Before him are George Larner, Mate Trojanović, Tranquilo Cappozzo, Luise Krüger, Nadezhda Tkachenko, and Hugo Strauß. After him are Yevhen Arzhanov, Aldo Aureggi, Maria Itkina, George Horine, Nils Engdahl, and Fausto Acke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Veli Saarinen ranks 217. Before him are Son House, Juan José Tramutola, David Arellano, Emeric Pressburger, Margaret Woodbridge, and Afife Jale. After him are Flora Robson, Ferdinand Marian, Nikolay Kamov, Kustaa Pihlajamäki, Felisberto Hernández, and Mario Magnozzi. Among people deceased in 1969, Veli Saarinen ranks 162. Before him are Margarita Xirgu, Giorgio Chiavacci, Albert Hill, Fred Alexander, Ilse Steppat, and Chang Taek-sang. After him are Giovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe Pinelli, Julius Katchen, Ludwig Berger, Stijn Streuvels, and Manuel Plaza.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Veli Saarinen ranks 250 out of 751. Before him are Heikki Liimatainen (1894), Jukka-Pekka Saraste (1956), Lars Sonck (1870), Frans Michael Franzén (1772), Veli Lehtelä (1935), and Antti Hackzell (1881). After him are Erkki Tuomioja (1946), Oskar Gripenberg (1838), Rudolf Walden (1878), Eino Penttilä (1906), Toivo Kuula (1883), and Kustaa Pihlajamäki (1902).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Veli Saarinen ranks 32. Before him are Arvo Askola (1909), Armas Taipale (1890), Paavo Johansson (1895), Teodor Koskenniemi (1887), Heikki Liimatainen (1894), and Veli Lehtelä (1935). After him are Eino Penttilä (1906), Kaisa Parviainen (1914), Verner Järvinen (1870), Edvin Wide (1896), Julius Saaristo (1891), and Väinö Siikaniemi (1887).

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