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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 88,217 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Ville Ritola is the 49th most popular athlete (down from 45th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Finland (down from 59th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ville Ritola ranks 49 out of 3,059. Before him are Jānis Lūsis, Theagenes of Thasos, Alberto Juantorena, Peter Norman, Valeriy Brumel, and Ellery Harding Clark. After him are Sebastian Coe, Eddie Eagan, Dana Zátopková, Dora Ratjen, Hans Woellke, and Irving Baxter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Ville Ritola ranks 85. Before him are Ruth Gordon, Hinrich Lohse, Mao Dun, Pavel Alexandrov, Iona Yakir, and William A. Wellman. After him are Faina Ranevskaya, Otto Hofmann, Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa, Hans Cramer, Aspasia Manos, and Jorge Alessandri. Among people deceased in 1982, Ville Ritola ranks 79. Before him are Adolf Heusinger, Roberto Calvi, Pavel Alexandrov, Patrick Dewaere, Alma Reville, and Werner Naumann. After him are Shiro Teshima, Otto Hofmann, Gara Garayev, Kristján Eldjárn, Wifredo Lam, and Jean Girault.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Ville Ritola ranks 65 out of 642. Before him are Bernhard Crusell (1775), Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757), Fredrik Idestam (1838), Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928), Wäinö Aaltonen (1894), and Bengt Holmström (1949). After him are Ilmari Juutilainen (1914), Eino Leino (1878), Peter Forsskål (1732), Clas Thunberg (1893), Leif Segerstam (1944), and Paavo Lipponen (1941).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Ville Ritola ranks 4. Before him are Paavo Nurmi (1897), Hannes Kolehmainen (1889), and Lasse Virén (1949). After him are Matti Järvinen (1909), Albin Stenroos (1889), Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Lauri Virtanen (1904), Elias Katz (1901), and Veikko Kankkonen (1940).

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