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Volmari Iso-Hollo

1907 - 1969

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Volmari "Vomma" Fritijof Iso-Hollo (5 January 1907 – 23 June 1969) was a Finnish runner. He competed at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics in the 3000 m steeplechase and 10000 m and won two gold, one silver and one bronze medals. Iso-Hollo was one of the last "Flying Finns", who dominated distance running between the World Wars. As a youth, Iso-Hollo did skiing, gymnastics and boxing, and took up running when he joined the army. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Volmari Iso-Hollo is the 191st most popular athlete (up from 267th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Finland (up from 158th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Volmari Iso-Hollo ranks 191 out of 6,025. Before him are Bobby Pearce, Alex Wilson, Dominik Hašek, Eugène Mougin, Walter Tewksbury, and Jim Hines. After him are Earle Meadows, Emmanuel Foulon, Adhemar da Silva, Dragutin Šurbek, Miklós Németh, and Stefka Kostadinova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Volmari Iso-Hollo ranks 153. Before him are Parvin E'tesami, Varian Fry, Anthony Blunt, Viktoria Brezhneva, Mihail Sebastian, and Dixie Dean. After him are Ita Rina, Isaac Deutscher, Lev Oborin, Sven Andersson, Frederick Copleston, and Luigi Beccali. Among people deceased in 1969, Volmari Iso-Hollo ranks 105. Before him are Carlos Marighella, José María Arguedas, Johannes Dieckmann, Nicolas Grunitzky, Maureen Connolly, and Leonard Woolf. After him are Angelina Beloff, Ismail al-Azhari, Josef Beran, Constantin Ion Parhon, Lajos Czeizler, and Mutesa II of Buganda.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Volmari Iso-Hollo ranks 120 out of 751. Before him are Kalevi Sorsa (1930), Toivo Mikael Kivimäki (1886), Mika Kaurismäki (1955), Walter Jakobsson (1882), Eemil Nestor Setälä (1864), and Sanna Marin (1985). After him are Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Anders Chydenius (1729), Pentti Linkola (1932), Martti Miettunen (1907), Gunnar Höckert (1910), and Jonni Myyrä (1892).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Volmari Iso-Hollo ranks 8. Before him are Hannes Kolehmainen (1889), Lasse Virén (1949), Ville Ritola (1896), Matti Järvinen (1909), Albin Stenroos (1889), and Ilmari Salminen (1902). After him are Gunnar Höckert (1910), Jonni Myyrä (1892), Lauri Virtanen (1904), Eero Lehtonen (1898), Elias Katz (1901), and Elmer Niklander (1890).

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