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Ilmari Salminen

1902 - 1986

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Ilmari R. Salminen (21 September 1902 – 5 January 1986) was a Finnish long-distance runner, winner of the 10,000 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Salminen became one of the best long-distance runners in the 1930s when he began his international athletics career in 1934 by winning the 10,000 m and taking bronze in 5000 m at the first European Championships in Turin, thus becoming a main favorite at the Olympic 10,000 m run. On the first day of competitions in the Berlin Olympics, Salminen won the 10,000 m final before compatriots Arvo Askola and Volmari Iso-Hollo. Salminen managed to hold off Askola by a margin of 0.2 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ilmari Salminen is the 162nd most popular athlete (up from 251st in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Finland (up from 153rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ilmari Salminen ranks 162 out of 6,025Before him are Maxie Long, John Anderson, Alfred Neuland, Vladimír Dzurilla, Kipchoge Keino, and Barbara Jones. After him are Nadezhda Olizarenko, Nándor Dáni, Vera Krepkina, Karl Röderer, Thomas Hicks, and Ethel Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Ilmari Salminen ranks 131Before him are Alexander Mach, Thelma Ritter, Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, Ernst von Salomon, Toyen, and Emanuel Feuermann. After him are Alphonse Matejka, Fritz Machlup, Vasil Mzhavanadze, Józef Maria Bocheński, Zino Francescatti, and Luis Cernuda. Among people deceased in 1986, Ilmari Salminen ranks 108Before him are Phil Lynott, Elisabeth Bergner, Cheikh Anta Diop, Michael, Prince of Montenegro, Jacques Henri Lartigue, and Gardner Fox. After him are Thierry Sabine, Scatman Crothers, Vitaly Abalakov, Raúl Prebisch, Valentin Kataev, and Ruth Teitelbaum.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Ilmari Salminen ranks 110 out of 751Before him are Clas Thunberg (1893), Albin Stenroos (1889), Mika Salo (1966), Amélie Lundahl (1850), Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861), and Oskar Merikanto (1868). After him are Elissa Aalto (1922), Renny Harlin (1959), Gustaf John Ramstedt (1873), Kalevi Sorsa (1930), Toivo Mikael Kivimäki (1886), and Mika Kaurismäki (1955).

Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Ilmari Salminen ranks 7Before him are Paavo Nurmi (1897), Hannes Kolehmainen (1889), Lasse Virén (1949), Ville Ritola (1896), Matti Järvinen (1909), and Albin Stenroos (1889). After him are Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Jonni Myyrä (1892), Lauri Virtanen (1904), Eero Lehtonen (1898), and Elias Katz (1901).