# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pekka-koskela
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:33:02.359Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pekka-koskela"
name: "Pekka Koskela"
slug: "pekka-koskela"
description: "Pekka Koskela is a retired Finnish speed skater, specialised on the sprint distances 500 m and 1000 m. He is the former world record holder on the 1000 m with the time 1:07.00. In December 2001 he set a junior world record on the 500 m with the time 35.89. Since that time he has established himself as one of the best speed skating sprinters in the world. He won his first medal, a bronze, on the 1000 m in the 2005 World Single Distance Championships. Koskela was number 10 in the 500 m of the 2006 Winter Olympics."
tagline: "Finnish speed skater"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pekka_Koskela_(08-12-2007).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1982-11-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.957746478873239
  historical:           11.803312
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "fastjulli"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6544641/"
    handle:    "nm6544641"
sources:
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    title: "Коскела, Пекка"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pekka Koskela"
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    title: "Pekka Koskela"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Koskela"
    title: "Pekka Koskela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Koskela"
    title: "Pekka Koskela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Koskela"
    title: "Pekka Koskela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Koskela"
    title: "Pekka Koskela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Koskela"
    title: "Pekka Koskela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Пекка Коскела"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Koskela"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Koskela"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump