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Ville Ritola

1896 - 1982

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Vilho "Ville" Eino Ritola (18 January 1896 – 24 April 1982) was a Finnish long-distance runner. Known as one of the "Flying Finns", he won five Olympic gold medals and three Olympic silver medals in the 1920s. He holds the record of winning most athletics medals at a single Games – four golds and two silvers in Paris 1924 – and ranks second in terms of most athletics gold medals at a single Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ville Ritola is the 53rd most popular athlete (down from 31st in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Finland (down from 54th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ville Ritola ranks 53 out of 6,025. Before him are John Woodruff, Richard Sheldon, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Reggie Walker, Lasse Virén, and Charles Bennett. After him are Yuriy Sedykh, Patrick Ryan, Alajos Szokolyi, Hubert Van Innis, Marina Doria, and Zoltán Horváth.

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Among people born in 1896, Ville Ritola ranks 79. Before him are Ruth Gordon, Mark W. Clark, Aspasia Manos, Mao Dun, Michael Balint, and Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After him are Carlos P. Garcia, Agustín Muñoz Grandes, J. Carrol Naish, Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa, Rudolf Schmundt, and Wilhelm Ackermann. Among people deceased in 1982, Ville Ritola ranks 83. Before him are Anna German, Otto Hofmann, Leopold Trepper, Roberto Calvi, Jack Swigert, and King Vidor. After him are Fazlur Rahman Khan, Wifredo Lam, Jean Girault, Pavel Alexandrov, Isa Miranda, and Marcel Camus.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Ville Ritola ranks 66 out of 751. Before him are Aimo Cajander (1879), Tarja Turunen (1977), Fredrik Idestam (1838), Tom of Finland (1920), Lasse Virén (1949), and Eino Leino (1878). After him are Eero Saarinen (1910), Leif Segerstam (1944), Väinö Linna (1920), Tapio Wirkkala (1915), Minna Canth (1844), and Petteri Orpo (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Ville Ritola ranks 4. Before him are Paavo Nurmi (1897), Hannes Kolehmainen (1889), and Lasse Virén (1949). After him are Matti Järvinen (1909), Albin Stenroos (1889), Ilmari Salminen (1902), Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Jonni Myyrä (1892), Lauri Virtanen (1904), and Eero Lehtonen (1898).

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