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Emiel Puttemans

1947 - Today

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Emiel Adrien "Miel" Puttemans (born 8 October 1947) is a Belgian former middle- and long-distance runner who set world records for 3000 metres (7 minutes 37.6 seconds) in 1972, for 2 miles (8 minutes 17.8 seconds) in 1971, for 5000 metres (13 minutes 13 seconds) in 1972, and 3 miles in 1972 (12:47.8). He won two European Indoor Championships titles in the 3000 m, in 1973 and 1974, and finished second in 1978. At the 1972 Summer Olympics, Puttemans won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres and finished in fifth place in the 5000 metres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emiel Puttemans has received more than 52,919 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Emiel Puttemans is the 480th most popular athlete (down from 435th in 2019), the 588th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 550th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Belgian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Emiel Puttemans ranks 480 out of 6,025. Before him are Yurik Vardanyan, Charles Gmelin, Hans Günter Winkler, Justin Gatlin, Lyudmila Shevtsova, and Gyula Zsivótzky. After him are Eddie Owen, Christian d'Oriola, Delfo Cabrera, Helena Fibingerová, Udo Beyer, and Gerhard Stöck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Emiel Puttemans ranks 460. Before him are Jan T. Gross, Peter Cosgrove, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Moses Blah, William Bonin, and Đurđica Bjedov. After him are Maurizio Micheli, Teemu Sippo, Mazie Hirono, Jozef Móder, David Mamet, and Warren Clarke.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Emiel Puttemans ranks 588 out of 1,190. Before him are Petra De Sutter (1963), Joos van Craesbeeck (1605), Greg (1931), Henri de Brouckère (1801), William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (1020), and Marcel Minnaert (1893). After him are Jean Dockx (1941), Luc Nilis (1967), Edward Van Dijck (1918), André Noyelle (1931), Joël Robert (1943), and Prosper Poullet (1868).

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Among ATHLETES In Belgium

Among athletes born in Belgium, Emiel Puttemans ranks 8. Before him are Gaston Roelants (1937), Gaston Reiff (1921), Hubert Van Innis (1866), Robert Hennet (1886), Ivo Van Damme (1954), and Victor Willems (1877). After him are Joël Robert (1943), Louis Glineur (1849), Étienne Gailly (1922), Émile Grumiaux (1861), Prosper Bruggeman (1873), and Emmanuel Foulon (1871).

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