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Vilho Niittymaa

1896 - 1979

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Vilho Aleksander Niittymaa (19 August 1896 – 29 June 1979) was a Finnish athlete who competed in the discus throw, hammer throw and shot put. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vilho Niittymaa is the 958th most popular athlete (down from 306th in 2019), the 315th most popular biography from Finland (down from 175th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vilho Niittymaa ranks 958 out of 6,025Before him are Frank Foss, Ellen Streidt, Birger Sörvik, Harriet Bland, Maurice Huet, and Jaak Uudmäe. After him are Gerd Wessig, Hassiba Boulmerka, Henry Carr, Shuhei Nishida, Robert Lindsay, and Viktor Kapitonov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Vilho Niittymaa ranks 214Before him are Mordecai Ardon, Agustín Sancho, Brock Chisholm, Giuseppe Enrici, Enrique Hertzog, and Paul van Ostaijen. After him are Nikolai Tikhonov, Alexander Brailowsky, Gunnar Lindström, José Vidal, Margarete Adler, and Walter Breuning. Among people deceased in 1979, Vilho Niittymaa ranks 201Before him are Gustav Winckler, Juan Arremón, Johan Borgen, Guglielmo Segato, Ole Lund Kirkegaard, and Amelia Piccinini. After him are Nikolai Tikhonov, Margaret Harwood, Maurizio Arena, Dorothy Arzner, Les Clark, and Yervand Kochar.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Vilho Niittymaa ranks 315 out of 751Before him are Vilho Lampi (1898), Elisabeth Rehn (1935), Wivi Lönn (1872), Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1955), Märta Tikkanen (1935), and Toini Pöysti (1933). After him are Kaija Mustonen (1941), Thorvald Strömberg (1931), Jukka Nevalainen (1978), Sakari Tuomioja (1911), Mirja Hietamies (1931), and Toini Gustafsson (1938).

Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Vilho Niittymaa ranks 47Before him are Sulo Bärlund (1910), Ville Pörhölä (1897), Antero Kivi (1904), Pekka Vasala (1948), Urho Peltonen (1893), and Kalervo Toivonen (1913). After him are Thorvald Strömberg (1931), Mirja Hietamies (1931), Akilles Järvinen (1905), Siiri Rantanen (1924), Eero Berg (1898), and Erkki Kataja (1924).