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Taisto Mäki

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Finnish long-distance runner (1910-1979)

Lived 1910 to 1979 · aged 68
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Taisto Armas Mäki was a Finnish long-distance runner - one of the so-called "Flying Finns". Like his coach and close friend, Paavo Nurmi, Mäki broke world records over two miles, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres - holding the records simultaneously between 1939 and 1942. 6 on 17 September 1939.

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First Class Medal of the Order of the White Rose of Finland with golden cross

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Taisto Armas Mäki was a Finnish long-distance runner - one of the so-called "Flying Finns". Like his coach and close friend, Paavo Nurmi, Mäki broke world records over two miles, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres - holding the records simultaneously between 1939 and 1942. Mäki was the first man to run 10,000 metres in less than 30 minutes, breaking his own world record in a time of 29:52.6 on 17 September 1939.

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Lived 1910 to 1979 · aged 68
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