Paavo Nurmi

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Paavo Johannes Nurmi (13 June 1897 – 2 October 1973) was a Finnish middle- and long-distance runner. He was born in Turku. Nurmi set 22 official world records at distances between 1500 metres and 20 kilometres. He participated in the Olympic Games twelve times where he won nine gold and three silver medals.

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  Olympic Rings without "rims" (gaps between the rings), As used, eg. in the logos of the 2008 and 2016 Olympics. The colour scheme applied here pertains to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

• Paavo Nurmi and his family in 1924.jpg

  Nurmi (second from right) withhis family in 1924

• Nurmi at the 1920 Olympic trials

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  Nurmi at the 1924 Summer Olympics

• Ray, Coolidge, Nurmi.jpg

  Nurmi, right, and Joie Ray, left, with U.S. President Calvin Coolidge during Nurmi's 1925 U.S. tour

• Paavo Nurmi checks his stopwatch in 1928.jpg

  Nurmi checks his stopwatch in 1928

• Paavo Nurmi runs marathon in 1932.jpg

  Nurmi running his first and only "Short" marathon 40.2 km (25.0 mi)at the 1932 Olympic trials in Viipuri

• Paavo Nurmi in his store in 1939.jpeg

  Nurmi in his men's clothing store in Helsinki in 1939

• Olympiatuli 1952.jpg

  Nurmi lights the Olympic Flame in 1952

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  Paavo Nurmi in the early 1970s