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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 443,371 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Lasse Virén is the 28th most popular athlete (up from 38th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Finland (up from 57th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Athlete.

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  • 58.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lasse Virén ranks 28 out of 3,059. Before him are Mike Powell, Tamara Press, Ray Ewry, Thomas Burke, Fanny Blankers-Koen, and Leonidas of Rhodes. After him are Aladár Gerevich, Marita Koch, Larry Scott, Dorando Pietri, Al Oerter, and Frank Zane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Lasse Virén ranks 82. Before him are Twiggy, Axel Honneth, Carl Bildt, Margareta of Romania, Brahim Ghali, and Horst Ludwig Störmer. After him are Morten Olsen, Paloma Picasso, Arif Alvi, Gary Ridgway, Salif Keita, and Sergei Bagapsh.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Lasse Virén ranks 52 out of 642. Before him are Armi Kuusela (1934), Mauritz Stiller (1883), Aleksis Kivi (1834), Zachris Topelius (1818), Eliel Saarinen (1873), and Hugo Simberg (1873). After him are Antti Aarne (1867), Ernst Linder (1868), Georg Henrik von Wright (1916), Jari Litmanen (1971), Väinö Linna (1920), and Tarja Turunen (1977).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Lasse Virén ranks 3. Before him are Paavo Nurmi (1897) and Hannes Kolehmainen (1889). After him are Ville Ritola (1896), Matti Järvinen (1909), Albin Stenroos (1889), Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Lauri Virtanen (1904), Elias Katz (1901), and Veikko Kankkonen (1940).

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