# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vaino-sipila
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:34:40.839Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vaino-sipila"
name: "Väinö Sipilä"
slug: "vaino-sipila"
description: "Väinö Jeremias Sipilä was a Finnish long-distance runner. Sipilä competed in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, placing fourth in the 10,000 metres and being part of Finland's winning cross-country team in the 1924 Games. He held world records at the unusual distances of 20,000 metres and 30,000 metres for several years."
tagline: "Finnish long distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Sipil%C3%A4_1928.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1897-12-24"
deathDate: "1987-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.37
  momentum:             3
  historical:           6.535241333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%A6%E4%BC%8A%E5%86%85%C2%B7%E8%A5%BF%E7%9A%AE%E8%8E%B1"
    title: "韦伊内·西皮莱"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Sipil%C3%A4"
    title: "Väinö Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Sipil%C3%A4"
    title: "Väinö Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "واینو سیپیلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Sipil%C3%A4"
    title: "Väinö Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Sipil%C3%A4"
    title: "Väinö Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Sipil%C3%A4"
    title: "Väinö Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2535968"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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