# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/verner-jarvinen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:15:18.844Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/verner-jarvinen"
name: "Verner Järvinen"
slug: "verner-jarvinen"
description: "Venne \"Verner\" Järvinen was a Finnish track and field athlete, who competed mostly in throwing events. He won the gold medal in the Greek-style discus in the 1906 Intercalated Games, and the bronze in the 1908 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Finnish Olympic medalist in athletics. He won the Finnish championship in Greek style discus three times in 1909–1911 and held the national record in discus and hammer throw."
tagline: "Finnish athletics competitor (1870–1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Verner_J%C3%A4rvinen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1870-03-04"
deathDate: "1941-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           15.94049733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump