Paavo Nurmi

Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973) was a legendary Finnish runner. He broke 20 world records in various distances and, in total, won nine Olympic gold and three Olympic silver medals in the Antwerp (1920), Paris (1924) and Amsterdam (1928) Olympic Games.

The Finnish government commissioned a full-length statue of Paavo Nurmi from Wäinö Aaltonen (1894-1966) after the 1924 Paris Olympics. Although Nurmi model ...