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...
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Ritola is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ville Ritola (1896–1982), Finnish athlete Mattias Ritola (born 1987), Swedish ice-hockey...
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exhaustive U.S. tour in 1925, Nurmi found his long-time rivals compatriot Ville Ritola and Sweden's Edvin Wide ever more serious challengers. At the 1928 Summer...
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1915) April 20 – Archibald MacLeish, American poet (b. 1892) April 24 – Ville Ritola, Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1896) April 25 Boris Andreyev, Soviet and...
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Nurmi, Ville Ritola and Loukola, but Nurmi and Ritola were worn by their injuries and the gruelling 5000 m race of the previous day. Although Ritola gave...
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metres details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden 10,000 metres details Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden Eero Berg...
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are normally event-specialists, although former champions Iso-Hollo, Ville Ritola and Kipchoge Keino all won Olympic medals in other distance running events...
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Finns" promoted by runners like Hannes Kolehmainen, Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola in the 1920s. He was elected Finnish Sportsman of the Year in 1972 and...
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single Games, with five gold medals. Compatriot long-distance runner Ville Ritola won the most overall medals and the most medals in athletics at a single...
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Finnish politician Ville Pokka (born 1994), Finnish professional ice hockey player Ville Ritola (1896–1982), Finnish long-distance runner Ville Sirén (born 1964)...
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Finnish Olympian Ville Ritola, who was also a United States resident and had traveled with Nurmi during his tour. Nurmi defeated Ritola in the meet. May...
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world record holder for five years, Olympic gold on the 1948 5000 meters Ville Ritola, winner of five Olympic gold medals Gaston Roelants, Olympic gold medal...
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June 22, 1921 Stockholm, Sweden 30:35.4 Ville Ritola (FIN) May 25, 1924 Helsinki, Finland 30:23.2 Ville Ritola (FIN) July 6, 1924 Paris, France 30:06...
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1924 Paris details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden 1928 Amsterdam details Ville Ritola Finland Paavo Nurmi Finland Edvin Wide...
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1924 Paris details Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden Eero Berg Finland 1928 Amsterdam details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide...
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were held with only an hour between them) and the cross-country run. Ville Ritola won the 10,000 m and the 3,000 m steeplechase while finishing second...
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Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (b. 1904) 1982 – Ville Ritola, Finnish runner (b. 1896) 1983 – Erol Güngör, Turkish sociologist, psychologist...
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1924 Paris details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden 1928 Amsterdam details Ville Ritola Finland Paavo Nurmi Finland Edvin Wide...
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were on May 2, 1925, and featured a two-mile (3.2 km) footrace between Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi of Finland, two of the great runners of the era. A little...
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1924 Paris details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden 1928 Amsterdam details Ville Ritola Finland Paavo Nurmi Finland Edvin Wide...
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champion Tapio Rautavaara – javelin thrower, Olympic champion (1915–1979) Ville Ritola – runner, five Olympic gold medals (1896–1982) Seppo Räty – javelin thrower...
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1924 Paris details Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden Eero Berg Finland 1928 Amsterdam details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide...
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5 3 1 9 Ian Thorpe Australia Swimming 2000–2004 Summer M 5 3 1 9 59 Ville Ritola Finland Athletics 1924–1928 Summer M 5 3 0 8 60 Polina Astakhova Soviet...
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in the sport, including multi-Olympic gold medalists Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola. Nurmi won three gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Belgium and...
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include Hannes Kolehmainen (1890–1966), Paavo Nurmi (1897–1973) and Ville Ritola (1896–1982) who won eighteen gold and seven silver Olympic medals in...
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promoter (d. 1976) 1896 – C. M. Eddy Jr., American author (d. 1967) 1896 – Ville Ritola, Finnish-American runner (d. 1982) 1898 – Albert Kivikas, Estonian journalist...
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Edvin Wide, Ville Ritola, and Paavo Nurmi (on left) competing in the individual cross country race at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris; due to the hot...
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details Paavo Nurmi (FIN) Eric Backman (SWE) Heikki Liimatainen (FIN) 1924 Paris details Paavo Nurmi (FIN) Ville Ritola (FIN) Earl Johnson (USA)...
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Nadi (ITA) (5–0–0) 1924 winners table Paris, France 126 126 127 125 378 Ville Ritola (FIN) (4–2–0) Paavo Nurmi (FIN) (5–0–0) 1928 winners table Amsterdam...
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metres details Ville Ritola Finland Paavo Nurmi Finland Edvin Wide Sweden 10,000 metres details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide...
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