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Ville Pörhölä

Ville Pörhölä, Finnish shot putter and discus thrower (died 1964)

Born
December 24, 1897
Died
November 28, 1964
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1897

About Ville Pörhölä

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. Pörhölä won the gold medal in shot put at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Nationally, Pörhölä won eight Finnish titles: in standing triple jump in 1922, in shot put in 1929–31, and in hammer throw in 1934–35. He re-emerged on the sports scene as a hammer thrower in 1929, and later won Olympic silver in 1932 and European champion in 1934.

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Ville Pörhölä timeline

  1. Pörhölä won the gold medal in shot put at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
  2. Nationally, Pörhölä won eight Finnish titles: in standing triple jump in 1922, in shot put in 1929–31, and in hammer throw in 1934–35.
  3. He re-emerged on the sports scene as a hammer thrower in 1929, and later won Olympic silver in 1932 and European champion in 1934.

The world when Ville Pörhölä was born

Ville Pörhölä was born in 1897. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineKlondike Gold Rush begins in Canada
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical diesel engine built
  • Defining fadKlondike Gold Rush fever
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population70.0M

1897 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ville Pörhölä's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18972026
Population70.0M341 million

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