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    Paavo Johannes Nurmi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpɑːʋo ˈnurmi] ; 13 June 1897 – 2 October 1973) was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner....
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    The Paavo Nurmi Games is an annual track and field meet that takes place at Paavo Nurmi Stadium in Turku, Finland. It was first held in 1957. The competition...
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    born in Petsamo, Finland, claiming she was the niece of Finnish athlete Paavo Nurmi, who began setting long-distance running world records in 1921, the year...
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  • The Paavo Nurmi Marathon is an annual road running event held each August in Iron County, Wisconsin, in the United States. The course begins in the town...
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    1740 Paavo Nurmi, provisional designation 1939 UA, is rare-type asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter...
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    The Paavo nurmi statue (also known as the Paavo Nurmi runner statue) is a whole-body sculpture of runner Paavo Nurmi, the most successful Olympic athlete...
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  • official Paavo Nurmi (1897–1973), Finnish runner Paavo Piironen (1943–1974), Finnish film actor, director and writer of the 1960s and early 1970s Paavo Puurunen...
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  • Finnish footballer Osku Nurmi, Finnish radio personality Paavo Nurmi (1897–1973), Finnish runner, nine-time Olympic champion Teemu Nurmi (born 1985), Finnish...
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    flame was lit by running heroes Paavo Nurmi (to the stadium) and Hannes Kolehmainen (to the stadium tower). When Paavo Nurmi was announced to arrive at the...
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    Olympic moments No31: Paavo Nurmi wins 5,000m in 1924". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 September 2012. Raevuori, Antero (1997). Paavo Nurmi, juoksijoiden kuningas...
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