# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vaino-koskela
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:18:31.295Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vaino-koskela"
name: "Väinö Koskela"
slug: "vaino-koskela"
description: "Väinö Koskela was a Finnish long-distance runner. Originally a cross-country skier, he was inspired to take up track and field athletics by Finnish victories in the long-distance running events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He began competing in 1945, following service in World War II, and made his first international appearance at the 1948 Summer Olympics, where he placed seventh in the men's 5000 metres event. The same year he was a national champion in both the 5000 metres and cross-country running and retained the former title through 1949. In 1950 he took home a bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at that year's European Athletics Championships and continued to participate through the 1952 Summer Olympics, after which he retired from active competition and resumed a life of farming."
tagline: "Finnish long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Koskela_Helsingin_olympialaisten_5000_metrin_juoksun_alkuer%C3%A4ss%C3%A4.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1921-03-31"
deathDate: "2016-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.26
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.868178666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%92%D1%8F%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%91"
    title: "Коскела, Вяйнё"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Koskela"
    title: "Väinö Koskela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Koskela"
    title: "Väinö Koskela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Koskela"
    title: "Väinö Koskela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Koskela"
    title: "Väinö Koskela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Koskela"
    title: "Väinö Koskela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Koskela"
    title: "Väinö Koskela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Koskela"
    title: "Väinö Koskela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Koskela"
    title: "Väinö Koskela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q251405"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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