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Lauri Virtanen

1904 - 1982

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Lauri Johannes "Lasse" Virtanen (3 August 1904 – 8 February 1982) was a Finnish long-distance runner, winner of bronze medals in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He finished fourth in the 5000 metres at the 1934 European Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lauri Virtanen has received more than 11,579 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Lauri Virtanen is the 192nd most popular athlete (down from 190th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Finland (up from 142nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lauri Virtanen ranks 192 out of 3,059. Before him are Natalya Lisovskaya, Nadezhda Chizhova, Evangelos Damaskos, Egil Danielsen, Reggie Walker, and William Porter. After him are Elias Katz, Kipchoge Keino, Birgit Fischer, Nina Ponomaryova, Harry Hillman, and Alfred Tysoe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Lauri Virtanen ranks 172. Before him are Attilio Ferraris, Nancy Mitford, Xenophon Zolotas, Goffredo Petrassi, Edgar G. Ulmer, and Berta Karlik. After him are Armando Castellazzi, Richard Addinsell, Hertta Kuusinen, Abdullah Goran, Srečko Kosovel, and Lili Damita. Among people deceased in 1982, Lauri Virtanen ranks 135. Before him are Haskell Curry, Renzo Rossellini, Olle Hellbom, Fernando Lamas, Ulla Jacobsson, and Sultan al-Atrash. After him are Juhan Aavik, Jean Effel, Douglas Bader, René Dubos, Giorgio Abetti, and Alfredo Ovando Candía.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Lauri Virtanen ranks 138 out of 642. Before him are Mauno Pekkala (1890), Heikki A. Alikoski (1912), Ville Valo (1976), Marcus Grönholm (1968), Ali Aaltonen (1884), and Toivo Mikael Kivimäki (1886). After him are Elias Katz (1901), Lydia Wideman (1920), Sami Hyypiä (1973), Leo Kinnunen (1943), Hertta Kuusinen (1904), and Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Lauri Virtanen ranks 10. Before him are Ville Ritola (1896), Matti Järvinen (1909), Albin Stenroos (1889), Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), and Gunnar Höckert (1910). After him are Elias Katz (1901), Veikko Kankkonen (1940), Armas Taipale (1890), Ilmari Salminen (1902), Julius Skutnabb (1889), and Julius Saaristo (1891).

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