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Ville Pörhölä

1897 - 1964

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Frans Wilhelm "Ville" Pörhölä (originally Horneman, 24 December 1897 – 28 November 1964) was a Finnish athlete who competed in shot put, discus throw, hammer throw and weight throw. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ville Pörhölä is the 816th most popular athlete (up from 1,018th in 2019), the 291st most popular biography from Finland (up from 337th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ville Pörhölä ranks 816 out of 6,025Before him are Andreas Krieger, Marcello Bertinetti, René Bondoux, József Rády, Vera Nikolić, and Robert Alt. After him are John Bray, Heide Rosendahl, Ingrid Becker, Giorgio Anglesio, Håkon Brusveen, and Gabriele Hinzmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Ville Pörhölä ranks 233Before him are Luis Batlle Berres, Joaquín Vázquez, Jean Cassou, Martti Marttelin, Moe Howard, and Nikolai Gikalo. After him are Eduard Tisse, Henri Frankfort, Edgard Colle, Pixinguinha, Ossi Oswalda, and Sabino Bilbao. Among people deceased in 1964, Ville Pörhölä ranks 147Before him are Giuseppe Amato, Albina Osipowich, Jim Reeves, Eddie Cantor, Clive Bell, and John Eke. After him are Hans Moser, Peter Romanovsky, Pentti Eskola, Henri Grégoire, Maithili Sharan Gupt, and Arpenik Nalbandyan.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Ville Pörhölä ranks 291 out of 751Before him are Christina Abrahamsdotter (1432), Keijo Liinamaa (1929), Hugo Gyldén (1841), Rainer von Fieandt (1890), Sulo Bärlund (1910), and Urho Castrén (1886). After him are Antero Kivi (1904), Pekka Vasala (1948), Rosa Liksom (1958), Kullervo Manner (1880), Eino Kaila (1890), and Pentti Eskola (1883).

Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Ville Pörhölä ranks 42Before him are Edvin Wide (1896), Julius Saaristo (1891), Väinö Siikaniemi (1887), Martti Marttelin (1897), Pertti Karppinen (1953), and Sulo Bärlund (1910). After him are Antero Kivi (1904), Pekka Vasala (1948), Urho Peltonen (1893), Kalervo Toivonen (1913), Vilho Niittymaa (1896), and Thorvald Strömberg (1931).