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Yrjö Saarela

1884 - 1951

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Yrjö Erik Mikael Saarela (13 July 1884 – 30 June 1951) was a Finnish wrestler who won Olympic gold and a world championship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yrjö Saarela is the 132nd most popular wrestler (up from 140th in 2019), the 268th most popular biography from Finland (up from 316th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Finnish Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Yrjö Saarela ranks 132 out of 1,027. Before him are Ted DiBiase, Axel Grönberg, Kevin Owens, Adolf Lindfors, Ivan Yarygin, and Natalya Neidhart. After him are Lou Thesz, AJ Lee, Eino Leino, Yaşar Doğu, Akebono Tarō, and Randy Orton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Yrjö Saarela ranks 174. Before him are Pontus Hanson, Mia May, John Hutchinson, Fred Yates, Dobri Bozhilov, and Fritz Noether. After him are Ture Rangström, Jean-Richard Bloch, Andrés Martínez Trueba, Dewi Sartika, Ludwik Hirszfeld, and A. Merritt. Among people deceased in 1951, Yrjö Saarela ranks 132. Before him are Pamela Colman Smith, Katarzyna Kobro, Pauline Pfeiffer, Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias, Kim Myeong-sun, and Karel Teige. After him are Enrique Santos Discépolo, Levon Shant, Dorothea Bate, Nikola Mushanov, Anna Tumarkin, and Mayo Methot.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Yrjö Saarela ranks 268 out of 751. Before him are Adolf Lindfors (1879), Timo Mäkinen (1938), Teemu Sippo (1947), Janne Ahonen (1977), Teemu Selänne (1970), and Kurt Martti Wallenius (1893). After him are Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791), Kaisa Parviainen (1914), Eino Leino (1891), Stina Ekblad (1954), Ruben Lagus (1896), and Verner Järvinen (1870).

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Among WRESTLERS In Finland

Among wrestlers born in Finland, Yrjö Saarela ranks 7. Before him are Emil Väre (1885), Väinö Kokkinen (1899), Verner Weckman (1882), Kalle Anttila (1887), Kustaa Pihlajamäki (1902), and Adolf Lindfors (1879). After him are Eino Leino (1891), Kaarlo Koskelo (1888), Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903), Arvo Haavisto (1900), Kelpo Gröndahl (1920), and Martti Nieminen (1891).

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