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More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paavo_Nurmi |
Paavo NURMI Paavo Nurmi (1897 -
1973), born in Turku, was the best middle- and long distance runner in the world,
setting world records on distances between 1500 m and 20 km. Nurmi won a
total of nine gold medals at the Olympic Games from 1920 to 1928. A Finnish
national hero, Paavo Nurmi was the lighter of the Olympic Flame at the 1952
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