Pekka Vasala

Finnish middle- and long distance runner
Person human Q954901
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Pekka Vasala

Summary

Pekka Vasala is a human[1]. His place of birth was Riihimäki[2]. He was born on +1948-04-17T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a middle-distance runner[4] and athletics competitor[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #7,291 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Born in Riihimäki[2], Pekka Vasala…
  • Pekka Vasala was born on +1948-04-17T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Pekka Vasala held citizenship in Finland[7].
  • Pekka Vasala worked as a middle-distance runner[4].
  • Pekka Vasala's professions included athletics competitor[5].
  • Pekka Vasala's image is recorded as Pekka Vasala 1972.jpg[8].
  • Pekka Vasala is recorded as male[9].
  • Pekka Vasala's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Pekka Vasala's ISNI is recorded as 0000000025396014[11].
  • Pekka Vasala's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 60555330[12].
  • Pekka Vasala's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n86002511[13].
  • Pekka Vasala's Commons category is recorded as Pekka Vasala[14].
  • Pekka Vasala's sport is recorded as athletics[15].
  • Pekka Vasala's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02905d[16].
  • Pekka Vasala's family name is recorded as Vasala[17].
  • Pekka Vasala's given name is recorded as Pekka[18].
  • Pekka Vasala's World Athletics athlete ID is recorded as 14351370[19].
  • Pekka Vasala's Munzinger Sport number is recorded as 01000052568[20].
  • Pekka Vasala's participant in is recorded as 1968 Summer Olympics[21].
  • Pekka Vasala's participant in is recorded as 1972 Summer Olympics[22].
  • Pekka Vasala's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Finnish[23].
  • Pekka Vasala's Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID is recorded as va/pekka-vasala-1[24].
  • Pekka Vasala's country for sport is recorded as Finland[25].
  • Pekka Vasala's start of work period is recorded as +1968-00-00T00:00:00Z[26].
  • Pekka Vasala's end of work period is recorded as +1973-00-00T00:00:00Z[27].

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Origins and Family

Born in Riihimäki[2], Pekka Vasala… he was born on +1948-04-17T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include middle-distance runner[4] and athletics competitor[5].

Why It Matters

Pekka Vasala ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #7,291 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Where was Pekka Vasala born?

Born in Riihimäki[2], Pekka Vasala…

What did Pekka Vasala do for work?

Pekka Vasala worked as middle-distance runner[4] and athletics competitor[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . BiographySampo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . BiographySampo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . World Athletics database. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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