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Lasse Virén

1949 - Today

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Lasse Artturi Virén (born 22 July 1949) is a Finnish former long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Virén recaptured the image of the "Flying Finns" promoted by runners like Hannes Kolehmainen, Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola in the 1920s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lasse Virén has received more than 489,921 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Lasse Virén is the 33rd most popular athlete (down from 28th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Finland (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lasse Virén ranks 33 out of 6,025. Before him are Sigfrid Edström, Ben Johnson, Marina Doria, Jānis Lūsis, Ville Ritola, and Mark Phillips. After him are Larry Scott, Max Emmerich, Vasily Alekseyev, Aladár Gerevich, Tom Courtney, and Alberto Juantorena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Lasse Virén ranks 99. Before him are Han Duck-soo, Salif Keita, Bo Xilai, Axel Honneth, Alan García, and Émerson Leão. After him are Elizabeth George, Valentina Matviyenko, Gregg Popovich, Patrick Tambay, Carlos Bianchi, and Hamida Djandoubi.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Lasse Virén ranks 57 out of 751. Before him are Antti Aarne (1867), Armi Kuusela (1934), Georg Henrik von Wright (1916), Ville Ritola (1896), Fredrik Idestam (1838), and Alexander Stubb (1968). After him are Wäinö Aaltonen (1894), Eino Leino (1878), Bengt Holmström (1949), Tarja Turunen (1977), Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757), and Bernhard Crusell (1775).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Lasse Virén ranks 4. Before him are Paavo Nurmi (1897), Hannes Kolehmainen (1889), and Ville Ritola (1896). After him are Matti Järvinen (1909), Albin Stenroos (1889), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Elias Katz (1901), Ilmari Salminen (1902), Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Juhani Suutarinen (1943), and Lauri Virtanen (1904).

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