What is Paavo Nurmi?
[[File:Paavo_Nurmi_(Antwerp_1920).jpg|thumb]] '''Paavo Johannes Nurmi''' (13 June 1897 – 2 October 1973) was a [[Finns|Finnish]] [[middle-distance running|middle-]] and [[long-distance running|long-distance runner]]. He was born in [[Turku]]. Nurmi set 22 official [[List of world records in athletics|world records]] at distances between [[1500 metres]] and 20&nbsp;kilometres. He participated in the [[Olympic Games]] twelve times where he won nine gold and three silver medals.<ref>[http://www.olympic.org/paavo-nurmi Paavo Nurmi] Olympic.com</ref><ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/nu/paavo-nurmi-1.html Paavo Nurmi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040924/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/nu/paavo-nurmi-1.html |date=2020-04-17 }} Sport reference</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nurmi, Paavo}} [[Category:1897 births]] [[Category:1973 deaths]] <!--[[Category:1920 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:1924 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:1928 Summer Olympics]]--> [[Category:Finnish athletes]] [[Category:Middle-distance runners]] [[Category:Long-distance runners]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Finland]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Finland]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Turku]]