Paavo Nurmi

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Paavo Nurmi was a legendary Finnish middle- and long-distance runner, nicknamed the "Flying Finn," who won nine Olympic gold medals in the 1920s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Finnish person
Olympic athlete
human
long-distance runner
middle-distance runner
burialPlace Turku Cemetery
competedIn 1920 Summer Olympics
Summer Olympics 1924
surface form: 1924 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics
countryOfBirth Finland
countryOfCitizenship Finland
countryOfDeath Finland
dateOfBirth 1897-06-13
dateOfDeath 1973-10-02
era 1920s
event 10,000 metres
1500 metres
3000 metres team race
5000 metres
cross country running
marathon
familyName Maila Nurmi
surface form: Nurmi
fullName Paavo Nurmi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Paavo Johannes Nurmi
givenName Paavo
hasMonument Paavo Nurmi statue in Helsinki
honor Olympic flag bearer for Finland
legacy Paavo Nurmi Games
Paavo Nurmi Marathon in Turku
memberOf Flying Finns
nickname Flying Finn
notableFor nine Olympic gold medals
three Olympic silver medals
OlympicGoldIn 10,000 metres
1500 metres
3000 metres team race
5000 metres
individual cross country
team cross country
OlympicGoldMedals 9
OlympicMedalsTotal 12
OlympicSilverMedals 3
placeOfBirth Turku
placeOfDeath Helsinki
representedCountry Finland
setWorldRecordsIn 10,000 metres
1500 metres
5000 metres
mile run
one-hour run
specialty long-distance running
middle-distance running
sport athletics
track and field

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Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki notableBurial Paavo Nurmi
subject surface form: Hietaniemi Cemetery
1928 Summer Olympics athleticsStar Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi fullName Paavo Nurmi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Paavo Johannes Nurmi
Flying Finn refersTo Paavo Nurmi
Flying Finns notableExample Paavo Nurmi
Flying Finns hasPart Paavo Nurmi
Flying Finns relatedTerm Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi Games namedAfter Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi Games honours Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi Games namedFor Paavo Nurmi
this entity surface form: legendary Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi
Paavo notableBearer Paavo Nurmi
Turku Cemetery hasNotableBurial Paavo Nurmi
Hannes Kolehmainen influenced Paavo Nurmi
XV Olympiad torchLighter Paavo Nurmi