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Viljo Heino

1914 - 1998

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Viljo ("Ville") Akseli Heino (1 March 1914 in Iitti – 15 September 1998 in Tampere) was a Finnish athlete who held the world record for the 10,000 metres event from 25 August 1944 to 11 June 1949 and again from 1 September 1949 to 22 October 1949. He was the male Finnish Sportspersonality of the year for 1949. Born in Iitti, he represented Finland in the 10,000 metres and marathon in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viljo Heino has received more than 17,709 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Viljo Heino is the 430th most popular athlete (down from 279th in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 186th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Viljo Heino ranks 430 out of 3,059. Before him are Frank Irons, Jüri Tarmak, Klaus Dibiasi, Percy Hodge, Ivan Gubijan, and Renate Stecher. After him are Matt McGrath, Armas Toivonen, Bill Carr, Joseph Benz, Emiel Puttemans, and Lyudmila Kondratyeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Viljo Heino ranks 247. Before him are Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Adolf Urban, David Wayne, Giuseppe Baldo, Victor Sen Yung, and Jack Parsons. After him are Oscar Heisserer, William Castle, Jo Cals, Elfriede Kaun, Julián Marías, and R. A. Lafferty. Among people deceased in 1998, Viljo Heino ranks 196. Before him are Consalvo Sanesi, Charles Lang, Kea Bouman, Galina Starovoytova, Duncan McNaughton, and Bahi Ladgham. After him are Leo Buscaglia, Ernesto Grillo, Erich Mende, Raquel Rastenni, Ricardo Tormo, and Ed Ablowich.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Viljo Heino ranks 232 out of 642. Before him are Heikki Savolainen (1907), Antti Hackzell (1881), Paavo Yrjölä (1902), Arvo Askola (1909), Nils Torvalds (1945), and Laila Kinnunen (1939). After him are Armas Toivonen (1899), V. J. Sukselainen (1906), Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1955), Jukka Nevalainen (1978), Marion Rung (1945), and Alexander Stubb (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Viljo Heino ranks 23. Before him are Elmer Niklander (1890), Harri Larva (1906), Edvin Wide (1896), Jonni Myyrä (1892), Paavo Yrjölä (1902), and Arvo Askola (1909). After him are Armas Toivonen (1899), Jorma Kinnunen (1941), Heikki Liimatainen (1894), Paavo Johansson (1895), Martti Marttelin (1897), and Akilles Järvinen (1905).

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