# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ville-ritola
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:49:10.311Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ville-ritola"
name: "Ville Ritola"
slug: "ville-ritola"
description: "Vilho \"Ville\" Eino Ritola was a Finnish long-distance runner. Known as one of the \"Flying Finns\", he won five Olympic gold medals and three Olympic silver medals in the 1920s. He holds the record of winning most athletics medals at a single Games – four golds and two silvers in Paris 1924 – and ranks second in terms of most athletics gold medals at a single Games."
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1896-01-18"
deathDate: "1982-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump