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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, 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

Among athletes, Emiel Puttemans ranks 435 out of 3,059Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Emiel Puttemans ranks 432Before 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.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Emiel Puttemans ranks 551 out of 1,019Before 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).

Among ATHLETES In Belgium

Among athletes born in Belgium, Emiel Puttemans ranks 7Before 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).