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Born July 22, 1949 (age 75) • Finland
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Finnish runner
Hannes Kolehmainen
Finnish athlete
Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek
Czech runner
Ville Ritola
Finnish athlete
Kip Keino
Kip Keino
Kenyan distance runner
Vladimir Kuts
Soviet athlete
Saneyev, Viktor
Viktor Saneyev
Soviet athlete
Meseret Defar
Meseret Defar
Ethiopian athlete
Billy Mills
American athlete
Wang Junxia
Chinese athlete
Shorter, Frank
Frank Shorter
American athlete
Noureddine Morceli
Algerian athlete
Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses
American athlete
Yuriy Sedykh
Soviet athlete
Ruth Fuchs
Ruth Fuchs
German athlete
Kenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopian athlete
Mo Farah
Mo Farah
British athlete
Tirunesh Dibaba
Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopian athlete
Gunder Hägg
Swedish athlete
Joan Benoit Samuelson
Joan Benoit Samuelson
American runner

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