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Pekka Vasala

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Pekka Antero Vasala (born 17 April 1948) is a retired Finnish middle-distance athlete who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Vasala had a brilliant three-month period in 1972 when he won an Olympic gold medal at 1,500 meters and set a new European record in the 800 meters running 1:44.5. The time was only 0.2 seconds off the world record. His Olympic gold would be his only major international medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pekka Vasala is the 840th most popular athlete (down from 703rd in 2019), the 293rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 288th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Pekka Vasala ranks 840 out of 6,025. Before him are Yvette Williams, André Gaboriaud, Dagmar Käsling, Bernd Cullmann, Nino Bibbia, and Jules De Bisschop. After him are Tullio Bozza, Joël Robert, Roscoe Lockwood, Isao Okano, Camille Mandrillon, and Armand Duplantis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Pekka Vasala ranks 464. Before him are Vera Nikolić, Marc Okrand, Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans, Lyudmila Karachkina, Marleen Gorris, and Ștefan Birtalan. After him are Giuseppe Impastato, Martin Suter, Sgt. Slaughter, Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré, Jovan Aćimović, and Kate Pierson.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Pekka Vasala ranks 293 out of 751. Before him are Hugo Gyldén (1841), Rainer von Fieandt (1890), Sulo Bärlund (1910), Urho Castrén (1886), Ville Pörhölä (1897), and Antero Kivi (1904). After him are Rosa Liksom (1958), Kullervo Manner (1880), Eino Kaila (1890), Pentti Eskola (1883), Peter Franzén (1971), and Harri Rovanperä (1966).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Pekka Vasala ranks 44. Before him are Väinö Siikaniemi (1887), Martti Marttelin (1897), Pertti Karppinen (1953), Sulo Bärlund (1910), Ville Pörhölä (1897), and Antero Kivi (1904). After him are Urho Peltonen (1893), Kalervo Toivonen (1913), Vilho Niittymaa (1896), Thorvald Strömberg (1931), Mirja Hietamies (1931), and Akilles Järvinen (1905).

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