1947 - Today
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, and 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. He then set a world record in the 5000 metres six days after the 1972 games. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emiel Puttemans has received more than 47,522 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Emiel Puttemans is the 435th most popular athlete, the 551st most popular biography from Belgium and the 7th most popular Belgian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Emiel Puttemans ranks 435 out of 3,059. Before him are Renate Stecher, Viljo Heino, Matt McGrath, Armas Toivonen, Bill Carr, and Joseph Benz. After him are Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Gunnar Sköld, Ricardo Delgado, Ted Meredith, Marlies Göhr, and Irina Privalova.
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 429
1914 - 1998
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 430
1875 - 1941
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 431
1899 - 1973
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 432
1909 - 1966
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 433
1944 - 2021
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 434
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 435
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 436
1894 - 1971
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 437
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 438
1891 - 1957
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 439
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 440
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 441
Among people born in 1947, Emiel Puttemans ranks 432. Before him are Klaus Dibiasi, Yuri Matiyasevich, Abraham Laboriel, Chung Un-chan, Pete Ham, and Bernie Leadon. After him are Ricardo Delgado, Hülya Koçyiğit, Valeriy Pustovoitenko, Lydia Davis, Giuseppe Betori, and Richard Palmer-James.
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 426
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 427
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 428
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 429
1947 - 1975
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 430
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 431
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 432
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 433
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 434
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 435
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 436
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 437
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 438
Among people born in Belgium, Emiel Puttemans ranks 551 out of 1,019. Before him are Walter Meeuws (1951), Willem Elsschot (1882), Johan Museeuw (1965), Stijn Streuvels (1871), Gérard Leman (1851), and Nicolas Hoydonckx (1900). After him are Bob Benny (1926), Nelly Landry (1916), Guido Reybrouck (1941), Jean De Clercq (1905), Henri Grégoire (1881), and Thorgan Hazard (1993).
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 545
1882 - 1960
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 546
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 547
1871 - 1969
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 548
1851 - 1920
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 549
1900 - 1985
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 550
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 551
1926 - 2011
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 552
1916 - 2010
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 553
1941 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 554
1905 - 1984
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 555
1881 - 1964
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 556
1993 - Present
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 557
Among athletes born in Belgium, Emiel Puttemans ranks 7. Before him are Gaston Reiff (1921), Hubert Van Innis (1866), Gaston Roelants (1937), Joël Robert (1943), Ivo Van Damme (1954), and Étienne Gailly (1922). After him are Aimé Haegeman (1861), Paul Van Asbroeck (1874), Désiré Beaurain (1881), Maurice Verdonck (1873), Victor Willems (1877), and Paul Van den Broeck (1904).
1921 - 1992
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 1
1866 - 1961
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 2
1937 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 3
1943 - 2021
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 4
1954 - 1976
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 5
1922 - 1971
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 6
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 7
1861 - 1935
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 8
1874 - 1959
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 9
1881 - 1963
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 10
1873 - 1968
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 11
1877 - 1918
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 12
1904 - 2000
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 13