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Born July 22, 1949 (age 77) ‱ Finland
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Finnish runner
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Hannes Kolehmainen
Finnish athlete
Emil ZĂĄtopek
Emil ZĂĄtopek
Czech runner
Ville Ritola
Ville Ritola
Finnish athlete
Kip Keino
Kip Keino
Kenyan distance runner
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Vladimir Kuts
Soviet athlete
Saneyev, Viktor
Viktor Saneyev
Soviet athlete
Meseret Defar
Meseret Defar
Ethiopian athlete
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Billy Mills
American athlete
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Wang Junxia
Chinese athlete
Shorter, Frank
Frank Shorter
American athlete
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Noureddine Morceli
Algerian athlete
Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses
American athlete
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Yuriy Sedykh
Soviet athlete
Ruth Fuchs
Ruth Fuchs
German athlete
Kenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopian athlete
Sir Mo Farah smiles on the podium wearing a white jacket with a gold Nike logo after winning the men's Vitality Big Half in London.
Mo Farah
British athlete
Tirunesh Dibaba
Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopian athlete
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Gunder HĂ€gg
Swedish athlete
Joan Benoit Samuelson
Joan Benoit Samuelson
American runner

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