Paavo Nurmi - Wikipedia
WEBPaavo Johannes Nurmi (Turku, 13 giugno 1897 – Helsinki, 2 ottobre 1973) è stato un mezzofondista e siepista finlandese, vincitore di nove medaglie d'oro olimpiche e tre d'argento tra il 1920 e il 1928. È stato uno dei cosiddetti "finlandesi volanti", assieme a Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola e altri.
Paavo Nurmi - Wikipedia
WEBPaavo Johannes Nurmi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpɑːʋo ˈnurmi] ⓘ; 13 June 1897 – 2 October 1973) was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He was called the " Flying Finn " or the "Phantom Finn", as he dominated distance running in the 1920s.
Paavo Nurmi | Olympic Champion, Record-Breaking Runner
WEBPaavo Nurmi was a Finnish track athlete who dominated long-distance running in the 1920s, capturing nine gold medals in three Olympic Games (1920, 1924, 1928), as well as three silvers. For eight years (1923–31) he held the …
Hall of Fame Profile - Paavo Nurmi (Finland) - World Athletics
WEBHall of Fame Profile - Paavo Nurmi (Finland) The statistics for Nurmi make incredible reading. He won nine Olympic gold medals and set no less than 22 official, as well as 13 unofficial, world records in distance running events. At the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, he triumphed over 10,000m on the track and took individual and team gold medals ...
Paavo Nurmi: A distance running legend who set two Olympic …
WEBOn 10 July, in sweltering heat, Nurmi set out on his unprecedented quest to win two Olympic golds on the same day. In the first 800m of the 1,500m final, he was running three seconds faster than his own world record.
Life story - Paavo Nurmi THE FLYING FINN
WEBPaavo Nurmi was born on 13 June 1897 in Turku, a port town on the southwestern coast of Finland. In 1912 Hannes Kolehmainen “ran Finland onto the map of the world” at the Olympic Games at Stockholm by winning three gold medals in long-distance events.
Paavo NURMI - Olympics.com
WEBAug 15, 2020 · At the 1924 Paris Games, Nurmi made history by becoming the first athlete ever to win five gold medals at a single Olympic Games. In the space of four astonishing days, Nurmi won the 1500m, the 5,000m, the 3,000m team event and the two cross-country events. The one that got away.
Olympedia – Paavo Nurmi
WEBFinnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi, was an Olympic legend whose dedication to a rigorous training schedule and mastery of pace judgment brought a new dimension to distance running. Between 1920 and 1928 he won a record nine Olympic gold medals (six individual; three team) and three individual silver medals.
Paavo NURMI | Profile | World Athletics
WEBPaavo NURMI, Finland
Paavo Nurmi THE FLYING FINN - Paavo Nurmi THE FLYING FINN
WEBPaavo Nurmi is considered the greatest runner of all time. He was known as “The King of Runners” or the “Flying Finn”. Famous all over the world, Nurmi became an unending source of national pride for the newly independent Finland. Paavo Nurmi was driven by love of running.
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