# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/veikko-karvonen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:26:54.769Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/veikko-karvonen"
name: "Veikko Karvonen"
slug: "veikko-karvonen"
description: "Veikko Leo Karvonen was a Finnish long-distance runner who mainly competed in the marathon. He won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics. At the 1954 European Championships he won the gold medal in the marathon and the following year won the Boston Marathon."
tagline: "Athletics competitor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Veikko_Karvonen_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1926-01-05"
deathDate: "2007-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.74028133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Veikko Karvonen"
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    title: "Veikko Karvonen"
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    title: "Veikko Karvonen"
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    title: "Veikko Karvonen"
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    title: "Veikko Karvonen"
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    title: "Veikko Karvonen"
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    title: "Veikko Karvonen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump