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Paavo Nurmi

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D.O.B: 06.13.97
N.O.C: Finland
Height: 174 cm
Weight: 65 kg

Final Year of Competition: 1934
Years Top 10: 6

Personal bests

Mile: 4:10.4 (Sweden 1923)
One Hour: 19,210 (Germany 1928)
1,500m: 3:52.6 (Finland 1924)
2,000m: 5:24.6 (Finland 1927)
3,000m: 8:20.4 (Sweden 1926)
5,000m: 14:28.2 (Finland 1924)
10,000m: 30:06.2 (Finland 1924)
20,000m: 1:04:38.4 (Sweden 1930)
4×1,500m: 16:11.4 (Finland 1926)

The ‘Flying Finn’…NURMI is quite simply an Olympic Legend and one of the All-Time Greats of Distance running – emphasised by this incredible statistic: in total he won TWELVE Olympic Medals [9x GOLD!] in 3 Games [1920-1928] across the 1500m, 5000m, 10000m, 3000m Steeplechase, Cross Country & Distance Team Events!!!🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈