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Eino Purje

1900 - 1984

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Eino Alfred Purje (21 February 1900 – 2 September 1984) was a middle-distance runner from Finland, who won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eino Purje has received more than 9,898 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Eino Purje is the 1,436th most popular athlete (down from 824th in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Finland (down from 314th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Eino Purje ranks 1,436 out of 6,025Before him are Heinrich Peters, Albert Corey, Efren Reyes, Godfrey Brown, John McNally, and John Anderson. After him are Ursula Donath, Heinz Pollay, Raymond Flacher, Hartwig Gauder, Manuel Plaza, and Jesse Mashburn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Eino Purje ranks 282Before him are Lajos Keresztes, Heinrich Hax, Ernst Ising, Mark Sandrich, André Chamson, and Alfredo Dinale. After him are William Haines, Manuel Plaza, Aristidis Akratopoulos, Jack Cameron, Leon Kruczkowski, and Roland Penrose. Among people deceased in 1984, Eino Purje ranks 236Before him are Renato Perona, Mary Miles Minter, Hans Jacobson, Neil Hamilton, Mark Kac, and Pascale Ogier. After him are Jan Peerce, Otto Arosemena, Roland Penrose, Paul Felix Schmidt, Liam O'Flaherty, and Vladimir Tendryakov.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Eino Purje ranks 381 out of 751Before him are Hannu Salama (1936), Sari Essayah (1967), Väinö Ikonen (1895), Sulo Nurmela (1908), Aulis Rytkönen (1929), and Kaarlo Kangasniemi (1941). After him are Kelpo Gröndahl (1920), Eero Kolehmainen (1918), Toimi Alatalo (1929), Matti Lähde (1911), Tony Kakko (1975), and Monika Fagerholm (1961).

Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Eino Purje ranks 67Before him are Veli Lehtelä (1935), Kaarlo Tuominen (1908), Kaarlo Maaninka (1953), Väinö Ikonen (1895), Sulo Nurmela (1908), and Kaarlo Kangasniemi (1941). After him are Eero Kolehmainen (1918), Toimi Alatalo (1929), Väinö Siikaniemi (1887), Pentti Linnosvuo (1933), Toivo Hyytiäinen (1925), and Arvo Viitanen (1924).