Paavo Nurmi, the nine-time Olympic champ you've probably never heard of! 🥇

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[@twinkthewonderkid1]

Never heard of? The majority of people subscribing to this channel have a passion for following Olympic History and will have heard of him. Great footage though :)

[@Griff10poldi]

He was even on the Finnish 10 markka money, unfortunately not used anymore since Finland switched to Euro

[@zxr-cade2026]

Pavvo is the greatest Olympic athlete of all time I believe, he was almost flawless 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

[@chickenfried12]

Absolute madlad

[@darlenehunter4689]

I’ve known about him for years 👍👍👍

[@martinhumble]

Sisu. ❤ from 🇸🇪

[@DitzyNizzy2009]

"Never heard of [him]"? I've known about him for quite some time, and learnt of his big achievements in the run-up to London 2012.

[@francisnguyen6349]

King of the distance Finland 🇫🇮

[@worldorthoorthopaedicsurge6147]

He wad an extraordinary athlete.

[@FIN-BOXING]

Suomi mainittu 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@dougpinnick9279]

The suomi legend !

[@couch.patati-patata]

There's a statue.

[@NetworkGulf]

പാവോ നൂർമി

[@stevensingleton9767]

I lived in Wyoming

[@kewell2595]

I think theres nobody interested in the Olympics who never heard of Paavo Nurmi...

[@chuckk930]

Look up Lasse Viren.

[@ЕгорНешкуренко]

Олимпиада утерала смысл без одной из сильнейших сборных без сборной России.

[@IlovemotorsportIhateNorthKorea]

The Flying Finn is Mika Häkkinen