# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/taisto-maki
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:59:33.072Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/taisto-maki"
name: "Taisto Mäki"
slug: "taisto-maki"
description: "Taisto Armas Mäki was a Finnish long-distance runner – one of the so-called \"Flying Finns\". Like his coach and close friend, Paavo Nurmi, Mäki broke world records over two miles, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres – holding the records simultaneously between 1939 and 1942. Mäki was the first man to run 10,000 metres in less than 30 minutes, breaking his own world record in a time of 29:52.6 on 17 September 1939."
tagline: "Finnish long-distance runner (1910–1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taisto_M%C3%A4ki_sets_10%2C000_m_world_record.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1910-12-02"
deathDate: "1979-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.577885391444713
  historical:           13.34276533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Тайсто Мякі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Taisto Mäki"
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    title: "Taisto Mäki"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_M%C3%A4ki"
    title: "Taisto Mäki"
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    title: "Taisto Mäki"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_M%C3%A4ki"
    title: "Taisto Mäki"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_M%C3%A4ki_(juoksija)"
    title: "Taisto Mäki (juoksija)"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_M%C3%A4ki"
    title: "Taisto Mäki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%99"
    title: "טאיסטו מאקי"
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    title: "Taisto Mäki"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_M%C3%A4ki"
    title: "Taisto Mäki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_M%C3%A4ki"
    title: "Taisto Mäki"
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  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_M%C3%A4ki"
    title: "Taisto Mäki"
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    title: "Taisto Mäki"
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    title: "Тајсто Меки"
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    title: "Taisto Mäki"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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