Lasse Artturi Virén is a Finnish former long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Virén recaptured the image of the "Flying Finns" promoted by runners like Hannes Kolehmainen, Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola in the 1920s.
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Mika KaurismäkiAlso in Long Good Thursday (2024)
Heikki KinnunenAlso in Long Good Thursday (2024)
Tapio RautavaaraAlso won Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Hannes KolehmainenAlso won The Great Cross of Merit of Finnish Sports and Culture of Physical Exercise
Matti NykänenAlso won Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Matti JärvinenAlso won Cross of Merit, in gold, of the Finnish SportsAbout this person
Lasse Artturi Virén is a Finnish former long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Virén recaptured the image of the "Flying Finns" promoted by runners like Hannes Kolehmainen, Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola in the 1920s. He was elected Finnish Sportsman of the Year in 1972 and 1976 and later became a politician and a member of Finland's parliament in 1999-2007 and 2010-2011.
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