# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vaino-siikaniemi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:17:23.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vaino-siikaniemi"
name: "Väinö Siikaniemi"
slug: "vaino-siikaniemi"
description: "Väinö Villiam Siikaniemi was a Finnish athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He finished fifth in the conventional javelin throw and won the silver medal in the two-handed javelin throw, a one-time Olympic event in which the total was counted as a sum of best throws with the right hand and with the left hand."
tagline: "Athletics competitor (1887–1932)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Siikaniemi_(1912)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1887-03-27"
deathDate: "1932-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.53578133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump