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Pekka Vasala

1948 - Today

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Pekka Antero Vasala (born 17 April 1948) is a retired Finnish middle-distance athlete who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City he failed to advance from the first round of heats in the 1500 m. In Munich he won the 1500 m race in a time of 3 minutes 36.3 seconds, ahead of Kip Keino and Rod Dixon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pekka Vasala has received more than 37,970 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Pekka Vasala is the 771st most popular athlete (down from 556th in 2019), the 309th most popular biography from Finland (down from 266th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Pekka Vasala ranks 771 out of 3,059. Before him are Dallas Long, Jorma Valkama, Jacques Lataste, George Parker, William Petersson, and David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter. After him are Roy Cochran, Imre Harangi, Alberto Pellegrino, Willem Slijkhuis, Jacques Cariou, and Guy Butler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Pekka Vasala ranks 470. Before him are Enriqueta Basilio, Giuseppe Petrocchi, Marc Okrand, David H. Levy, Richard Sinclair, and Mick Rock. After him are Pedro Artola, Carme Riera, Rita Barberá, Mamoru Mohri, Ștefan Birtalan, and Jovan Aćimović.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Pekka Vasala ranks 309 out of 642. Before him are Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903), Vilho Väisälä (1889), Sulo Bärlund (1910), Jouko Törmänen (1954), Pentti Hämäläinen (1929), and Tua Forsström (1947). After him are Mr Lordi (1974), Verner Järvinen (1870), Tapio Mäkelä (1926), Thorvald Strömberg (1931), Mauri Kunnas (1950), and Juice Leskinen (1950).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Pekka Vasala ranks 47. Before him are Matti Sippala (1908), Antero Kivi (1904), Siiri Rantanen (1924), Pertti Karppinen (1953), Sulo Bärlund (1910), and Pentti Hämäläinen (1929). After him are Verner Järvinen (1870), Thorvald Strömberg (1931), Eino Purje (1900), Jalmari Eskola (1886), Kalervo Toivonen (1913), and Mirja Hietamies (1931).

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