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Lauri Virtanen

1904 - 1982

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Lauri Johannes Virtanen also known as Lasse Virtanen (3 August 1904 – 8 February 1982) was a Finnish long-distance runner who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lauri Virtanen is the 244th most popular athlete (up from 297th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Finland (up from 172nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lauri Virtanen ranks 244 out of 6,025. Before him are Herma Bauma, Haile Gebrselassie, David Hall, Dallas Long, Janusz Kusociński, and Sebastian Coe. After him are Bobby Morrow, Helge Løvland, Carlos Lopes, Éva Székely, Jüri Tarmak, and Charles Frédéric Petit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Lauri Virtanen ranks 150. Before him are James J. Gibson, Edvard Kocbek, Antoun Saadeh, Bruce Cabot, Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, and Ellen Church. After him are Emilio Recoba, Nikos Skalkottas, Grete Stern, Dmitri Ivanenko, Joseph Schmidt, and Pyotr Koshevoy. Among people deceased in 1982, Lauri Virtanen ranks 119. Before him are Anandamayi Ma, Albert Soboul, Taisen Deshimaru, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Giorgio Abetti, and Georg Konrad Morgen. After him are Warren Oates, Nahum Goldmann, Christian Ferras, Georg Leibbrandt, Igor Gouzenko, and Allen Woodring.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Lauri Virtanen ranks 131 out of 751. Before him are Gunnar Höckert (1910), Jonni Myyrä (1892), Anneli Jäätteenmäki (1955), Kaarlo Castrén (1860), Sami Hyypiä (1973), and Alexander Mozhaysky (1825). After him are Rafael Paasio (1903), Mauritz Stiller (1883), Reino Ragnar Lehto (1898), Christian von Steven (1781), Lydia Wideman (1920), and Paavo Aaltonen (1919).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Lauri Virtanen ranks 11. Before him are Matti Järvinen (1909), Albin Stenroos (1889), Ilmari Salminen (1902), Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Gunnar Höckert (1910), and Jonni Myyrä (1892). After him are Eero Lehtonen (1898), Elias Katz (1901), Elmer Niklander (1890), Toivo Loukola (1902), Julius Skutnabb (1889), and Vilho Tuulos (1895).

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