 | Vilho "Ville" Eino Ritola (18 January 1896 – 24 April 1982) was a Finnish long-distance runner. Known as one of the "Flying Finns", he won five Olympic... 12 KB (1,291 words) - 15:58, 26 January 2024 |
Ritola is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ville Ritola (1896–1982), Finnish athlete Mattias Ritola (born 1987), Swedish ice-hockey... 289 bytes (73 words) - 06:03, 16 June 2022 |
1915) April 20 – Archibald MacLeish, American poet (b. 1892) April 24 – Ville Ritola, Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1896) April 25 Boris Andreyev, Soviet and... 33 KB (3,025 words) - 17:53, 16 April 2024 |
 | exhaustive U.S. tour in 1925, Nurmi found his long-time rivals compatriot Ville Ritola and Sweden's Edvin Wide ever more serious challengers. At the 1928 Summer... 106 KB (9,481 words) - 14:11, 26 January 2024 |
Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (b. 1904) 1982 – Ville Ritola, Finnish runner (b. 1896) 1983 – Erol Güngör, Turkish sociologist, psychologist... 42 KB (4,217 words) - 03:59, 27 April 2024 |
metres details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden 10,000 metres details Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden Eero Berg... 12 KB (94 words) - 22:51, 27 January 2024 |
 | are normally event-specialists, although former champions Iso-Hollo, Ville Ritola and Kipchoge Keino all won Olympic medals in other distance running events... 17 KB (1,275 words) - 10:56, 24 July 2023 |
 | were held with only an hour between them) and the cross country run. Ville Ritola won the 10,000 m and the 3,000 m steeplechase, while finishing second... 31 KB (2,067 words) - 23:37, 5 April 2024 |
 | 1924 Paris details Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide Sweden Eero Berg Finland 1928 Amsterdam details Paavo Nurmi Finland Ville Ritola Finland Edvin Wide... 35 KB (798 words) - 15:21, 9 April 2024 |
 | Finns" promoted by runners like Hannes Kolehmainen, Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola in the 1920s. He was elected Finnish Sportsman of the Year in 1972 and... 18 KB (1,954 words) - 15:55, 17 March 2024 |