List of Famous people with last name Taipale

Reijo Taipale

Reijo Toivo Taipale

First Name Reijo

Born on March 9, 1940

Died on April 26, 2019 (aged 79)

Born in Finland, Kymenlaakso

Reijo Toivo Taipale was a Finnish pop singer since the 1950s specializing in Schlager music and tango. Many of his albums have gone gold and platinum.

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Armas Taipale

First Name Armas

Last Name Taipale

Born on July 27, 1890

Died on November 9, 1976 (aged 86)

Born in Finland, Uusimaa

Height 191 cm | 6'3

Armas Rudolf Taipale was a Finnish athlete. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won gold medals in two discus throw events, conventional and two-handed, where the total was counted as a sum of best throws with a left hand and with a right hand. After World War I he won a silver medal in the conventional discus throw at the 1920 Olympics and finished tenth in the shot put. At the 1924 Olympics he competed only in the discus throw and finished in 12th place. Taipale set two unofficial world records in the discus.

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