# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pekka-vasala
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:39:40.682Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pekka-vasala"
name: "Pekka Vasala"
slug: "pekka-vasala"
description: "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."
tagline: "Finnish middle- and long distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pekka_Vasala_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1948-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.34553733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "佩卡·瓦萨拉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "پيكا ڤاسالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pekka Vasala"
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    title: "Pekka Vasala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala"
    title: "Pekka Vasala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala"
    title: "Pekka Vasala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala"
    title: "Pekka Vasala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala"
    title: "Pekka Vasala"
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    title: "پکا واسالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pekka Vasala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala"
    title: "Pekka Vasala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pekka Vasala"
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    title: "Pekka Vasala"
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    title: "Pekka Vasala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala"
    title: "Pekka Vasala"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka_Vasala"
    title: "Pekka Vasala"
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  - url: "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"
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    title: "Пекка Васала"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump