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Emiel Puttemans

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Emiel Adrien "Miel" Puttemans (born 8 October 1947) is a Belgian former middle- and long-distance runner who set world records for 3000 metres (7 minutes 37.6 seconds) in 1972, for 2 miles (8 minutes 17.8 seconds) in 1971, for 5000 metres (13 minutes 13 seconds) in 1972, and 3 miles in 1972 (12:47.8). He won two European Indoor Championships titles in the 3000 m, in 1973 and 1974, and finished second in 1978. At the 1972 Summer Olympics, Puttemans won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres and finished in fifth place in the 5000 metres. He then set a world record in the 5000 metres six days after the 1972 games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emiel Puttemans is the 803rd most popular athlete (down from 474th in 2019), the 637th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 588th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Belgian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Emiel Puttemans ranks 803 out of 6,025. Before him are William Grut, Leslie Laing, Jörg Lucke, Étienne Desmarteau, David Jenkins, and John Eke. After him are Nick Winter, Hjalmar Johansson, René Bougnol, Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Tibor Tatai, and Udo Beyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Emiel Puttemans ranks 511. Before him are Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Yuri Matiyasevich, Elena Belova, Bob Evans, Nurlan Balgimbayev, and Terry Griffiths. After him are Gregory Chaitin, John Mayhew, Aleida Assmann, John Bruton, Renata Sorrah, and Stefano Benni.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Emiel Puttemans ranks 637 out of 1,190. Before him are Gérard Corbiau (1941), Georges Grün (1962), Jules d'Anethan (1803), Gabrielle Petit (1893), Suzanne Lilar (1901), and Jef Planckaert (1934). After him are Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), Jan Diddens (1906), Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1984), Willy Planckaert (1944), Philippe Van Parijs (1951), and François Weyergans (1941).

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Among ATHLETES In Belgium

Among athletes born in Belgium, Emiel Puttemans ranks 14. Before him are Émile Grumiaux (1861), Étienne Gailly (1922), Victor Willems (1877), Maurice Verdonck (1873), Ivo Van Damme (1954), and Maurice Hemelsoet (1875). After him are Jules De Bisschop (1879), Joël Robert (1943), Aimé Haegeman (1861), Frank Odberg (1879), Karel Lismont (1949), and Polydore Veirman (1881).

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