# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/soini-nikkinen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:52:06.733Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/soini-nikkinen"
name: "Soini Nikkinen"
slug: "soini-nikkinen"
description: "Soini Mikael Nikkinen was a Finnish javelin thrower who won a bronze medal at the 1954 European Championships. He placed 12th and 8th at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics, respectively. On 24 June 1956, he set a new world record at 83.56 m, which was beaten six days later by Janusz Sidło."
tagline: "Finnish javelin thrower (1923–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Soini_Nikkinen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1923-07-19"
deathDate: "2012-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             18.25581395348837
  historical:           10.06871866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Soini Nikkinen"
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    title: "Soini Nikkinen"
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    title: "Soini Nikkinen"
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    title: "Soini Nikkinen"
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    title: "Soini Nikkinen"
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    title: "Soini Nikkinen"
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    title: "Soini Nikkinen"
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    title: "Soini Nikkinen"
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    title: "Soini Nikkinen"
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    title: "Soini Nikkinen"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soini_Nikkinen"
    title: "Soini Nikkinen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump