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Ville Ritola

1896 - 1982

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Vilho "Ville" Eino Ritola (18 January 1896 – 24 April 1982) was a Finnish long-distance runner. Known as one of the "Flying Finns", he won five Olympic gold medals and three Olympic silver medals in the 1920s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ville Ritola has received more than 99,816 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Ville Ritola is the 37th most popular athlete (up from 49th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Finland (up from 65th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Athlete.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ville Ritola ranks 37 out of 6,025. Before him are Stanisława Walasiewicz, Frank Zane, Sigfrid Edström, Ben Johnson, Marina Doria, and Jānis Lūsis. After him are Mark Phillips, Lasse Virén, Larry Scott, Max Emmerich, Vasily Alekseyev, and Aladár Gerevich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Ville Ritola ranks 67. Before him are Kazimierz Kuratowski, Norodom Suramarit, Jimmy Doolittle, Otto Hofmann, Aleksei Antonov, and Julien Duvivier. After him are Karl August Wittfogel, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Michael Balint, Tadj ol-Molouk, Agustín Muñoz Grandes, and Heo Jeong. Among people deceased in 1982, Ville Ritola ranks 70. Before him are Adolf Heusinger, Kristján Eldjárn, Leopold Trepper, Pierre Mendès France, Patrick Dewaere, and Elis Regina. After him are Pierre Balmain, Jack Swigert, Tadj ol-Molouk, Jakov Gotovac, Leonid Kogan, and Wifredo Lam.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Ville Ritola ranks 54 out of 751. Before him are Jari Litmanen (1971), Eero Saarinen (1910), Kimi Räikkönen (1979), Antti Aarne (1867), Armi Kuusela (1934), and Georg Henrik von Wright (1916). After him are Fredrik Idestam (1838), Alexander Stubb (1968), Lasse Virén (1949), Wäinö Aaltonen (1894), Eino Leino (1878), and Bengt Holmström (1949).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Ville Ritola ranks 3. Before him are Paavo Nurmi (1897), and Hannes Kolehmainen (1889). After him are Lasse Virén (1949), Matti Järvinen (1909), Albin Stenroos (1889), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Elias Katz (1901), Ilmari Salminen (1902), Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Juhani Suutarinen (1943), and Lauri Virtanen (1904).

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