Yrjö Nikkanen
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title:
Yrjö Nikkanen
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Jouko Yrjö Nikkanen was a Finnish javelin thrower, who won a silver medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. His best throw of 70.77 meters was only one meter behind that of the gold medalist Gerhard Stöck, and just five centimeters ahead that of Kalervo Toivonen. On 25 August 1938, Nikkanen set a world record at 77.87 meters; less than two months later, on 16 October 1938, he had improved his record to 78.70 m. Nikkanen's record was bettered only on 8 August 1953 by Bud Held.
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Finnish javelin thrower
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrj%C3%B6_Nikkanen
date created:
2006-09-30T09:24:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T15:10:26Z
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