Viljo Heino
Viljo ("Ville") Akseli Heino (1 March 1914 in
Finnish Sportspersonality of the year
for 1949.
Born in Iitti, he represented Finland in the 10,000 metres and marathon in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[2] He also won the Saint Silvester Road Race in São Paulo in 1949.[3]
References
- ^ "Athletics - World Progression - Men - 10000m" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 30 May 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
- ^ "Two Minutes to Glory". Time. 2 August 1948. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
- ^ "1940" (in Portuguese). Saint Silvester Road Race. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
External links
- Viljo Heino at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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