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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 18,942 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Viljo Heino is the 681st most popular athlete (down from 430th in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from Finland (down from 232nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Viljo Heino ranks 681 out of 6,025. Before him are Harriet Bland, Hartmut Briesenick, Siiri Rantanen, Ingrid Becker, Gheorghe Berceanu, and Don Quarrie. After him are Mykola Avilov, Bengt Eriksson, Gjermund Eggen, Hugh Anderson, Bevil Rudd, and Tom Sandberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Viljo Heino ranks 285. Before him are Elfriede Kaun, Wendell Corey, Franz von Werra, John Hersey, František Čapek, and Martí de Riquer i Morera. After him are Jack LaLanne, Anna Maria Ortese, Daniel J. Boorstin, William Gibson, Béatrix Beck, and Qin Jiwei. Among people deceased in 1998, Viljo Heino ranks 226. Before him are Erich Mende, Ricardo Tormo, Alain Bosquet, Raquel Rastenni, Ted Fujita, and Kenkichi Iwasawa. After him are Stokely Carmichael, Cesare Perdisa, Anna Maria Ortese, Aurélio de Lira Tavares, Ferenc Sidó, and James Algar.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Viljo Heino ranks 286 out of 751. Before him are Väinö Kokkinen (1899), Akilles Järvinen (1905), Laila Kinnunen (1939), Märta Tikkanen (1935), Siiri Rantanen (1924), and Kustaa Pihlajamäki (1902). After him are Pauli Nevala (1940), Pekka Vasala (1948), Olavi Virta (1915), Rosa Liksom (1958), Jorma Kinnunen (1941), and Pentti Eskola (1883).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Viljo Heino ranks 34. Before him are Verner Järvinen (1870), Heikki Liimatainen (1894), Martti Marttelin (1897), Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Akilles Järvinen (1905), and Siiri Rantanen (1924). After him are Pauli Nevala (1940), Pekka Vasala (1948), Jorma Kinnunen (1941), Matti Sippala (1908), Julius Saaristo (1891), and Eero Lehtonen (1898).

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