# Pekka Vasala

> Pekka Antero Vasala is a retired Finnish middle-distance athlete who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Vasala had a brilliant three-month period in 1972 when he won an Olympic gold medal at 1,500 meters and set a new European record in the 800 meters running 1:44.5. The time was only 0.2 seconds off the world record. His Olympic gold would be his only major international medal. He retired in 1974.

*Finnish middle- and long distance runner*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Born:** 1948-04-17
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 18.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [佩卡·瓦萨拉](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%A9%E5%8D%A1%C2%B7%E7%93%A6%E8%90%A8%E6%8B%89)
- [پيكا ڤاسالا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7)
- [Pekka Vasala](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala)
- [Pekka Vasala](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala)
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- [Pekka Vasala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala)
- [Pekka Vasala](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala)
- [Pekka Vasala](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala)
- [پکا واسالا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7)
- [Pekka Vasala](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala)
- [Pekka Vasala](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala)
- [פקה וסאלה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%94)
- [Pekka Vasala](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala)
- [페카 바살라](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8E%98%EC%B9%B4_%EB%B0%94%EC%82%B4%EB%9D%BC)
- [Pekka Vasala](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala)
- [Pekka Vasala](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala)
- [Pekka Vasala](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala)
- [Pekka Vasala](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala)
- [Pekka Vasala](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala)
- [Васала, Пекка](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0)
- [Pekka Vasala](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954901)

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