# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pentti-nikula
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:20:56.097Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pentti-nikula"
name: "Pentti Nikula"
slug: "pentti-nikula"
description: "Pentti Kustaa Nikula was a Finnish pole vaulter. He won the 1962 European Championships and held one world and four European outdoor records. He placed seventh at the 1964 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "Finnish pole vaulter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pentti_Nikula_1963.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1939-02-03"
deathDate: "2025-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.93
  momentum:             3.941480206540447
  historical:           12.07329066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Pentti Nikula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Nikula"
    title: "Pentti Nikula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Nikula"
    title: "Pentti Nikula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Nikula"
    title: "Pentti Nikula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9_%CE%9D%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B1"
    title: "Πέντι Νίκουλα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Nikula"
    title: "Pentti Nikula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Nikula"
    title: "Pentti Nikula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Nikula"
    title: "Pentti Nikula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Nikula"
    title: "Pentti Nikula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Nikula"
    title: "Pentti Nikula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Nikula"
    title: "Pentti Nikula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Nikula"
    title: "Pentti Nikula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Nikula"
    title: "Pentti Nikula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Nikula"
    title: "Pentti Nikula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Nikula"
    title: "Pentti Nikula"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump