# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/juha-vaatainen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:57:16.031Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/juha-vaatainen"
name: "Juha Väätäinen"
slug: "juha-vaatainen"
description: "Juha Väätäinen is a Finnish former athlete. He is the winner of the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter gold medals at the 1971 European Championships, held in Helsinki. He was the eldest of the successful Finnish runners, the others being Lasse Virén, Pekka Vasala, Tapio Kantanen, Martti Vainio, and Kaarlo Maaninka, who came into the limelight in the 1970s. He served as a Member of the Finnish Parliament for Helsinki, representing the Finns Party between 2011 and 2015."
tagline: "Finnish athlete, teacher, painter and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juha_V%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%A4inen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-07-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.74
  momentum:             2.046332046332046
  historical:           10.27789866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3127699/"
    handle:    "nm3127699"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D1%85%D0%B0_%D0%92%D1%8F%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Юха Вяятяйнен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Juha Väätäinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Juha Väätäinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_V%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Juha Väätäinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_V%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Juha Väätäinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_V%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Juha Väätäinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Juha Väätäinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_V%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Juha Väätäinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Juha Väätäinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_V%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Juha Väätäinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_V%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Juha Väätäinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Juha Väätäinen"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump