Pentti Nikula

Summary

Pentti Nikula is a human^[1]. His place of birth was Somero^[2]. He was born on +1939-02-03T00:00:00Z^[3]. He died on +2025-10-30T00:00:00Z^[4]. He worked as a pole vaulter^[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #7,290 of 1,000,298).^[6]

Key Facts

• Born in Somero^[2], Pentti Nikula…
• Pentti Nikula was born on +1939-02-03T00:00:00Z^[3].
• Pentti Nikula died on +2025-10-30T00:00:00Z^[4].
• Pentti Nikula held citizenship in Finland^[7].
• Pentti Nikula's professions included pole vaulter^[5].
• Pentti Nikula received the Cross of Merit, in silver, of the Finnish Sports^[8].
• Pentti Nikula received the Knight of the Order of the Lion of Finland^[9].
• Pentti Nikula's image is recorded as Pentti Nikula 1963.jpg^[10].
• Pentti Nikula is recorded as male^[11].
• Pentti Nikula's instance of is recorded as human^[12].
• Pentti Nikula's Commons category is recorded as Pentti Nikula^[13].
• Pentti Nikula's sport is recorded as athletics^[14].
• Pentti Nikula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g58yzc^[15].
• Pentti Nikula's family name is recorded as Nikula^[16].
• Pentti Nikula's given name is recorded as Pentti^[17].
• Pentti Nikula's World Athletics athlete ID is recorded as 14372843^[18].
• Pentti Nikula's participant in is recorded as 1964 Summer Olympics^[19].
• Pentti Nikula's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Finnish^[20].
• Pentti Nikula's Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID is recorded as ni/pentti-nikula-1^[21].
• Pentti Nikula's country for sport is recorded as Finland^[22].
• Pentti Nikula's GTAA ID is recorded as 136912^[23].
• Pentti Nikula's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+180'}^[24].
• Pentti Nikula's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+68'}^[25].
• Pentti Nikula's Kansallisbiografia ID is recorded as 1821^[26].
• Pentti Nikula's sports discipline competed in is recorded as pole vault^[27].

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Origins and Family

Pentti Nikula's place of birth was Somero^[2]. He was born on +1939-02-03T00:00:00Z^[3].

Career and Affiliations

Pentti Nikula's professions included pole vaulter^[5].

Recognition

Awards received include Cross of Merit, in silver, of the Finnish Sports^[8], a class of award^[28], in Finland^[29], founded in 1945^[30] and Knight of the Order of the Lion of Finland^[9], a grade of an order^[31], in Finland^[32], founded in 1942^[33].

Death and Burial

Pentti Nikula died on +2025-10-30T00:00:00Z^[4].

Why It Matters

Pentti Nikula ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #7,290 of 1,000,298).^[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

FAQs

Where was Pentti Nikula born?

Pentti Nikula's place of birth was Somero^[2].

What did Pentti Nikula do for work?

Pentti Nikula worked as pole vaulter^[5].

What awards did Pentti Nikula receive?

Honors received include Cross of Merit, in silver, of the Finnish Sports^[8] and Knight of the Order of the Lion of Finland^[9].