He started a construction business from his back pocket, without even an office, ... The company built 40 blocks of flats with 100 apartments in each.
"Paavo Johannes Nurmi" was a Finland/Finnish middle-distance running/middle- and long-distance running/long-distance runner. He was nicknamed the "Flying Finn" as he dominated distance running in the early 20th century. Nurmi set 22 official List of world records in athletics/world records at distances between 1500 metres and 20 kilometres, and won a total of nine gold and three silver medals in his twelve events in the Olympic Games. At his peak, Nurmi was undefeated at distances from 800 m upwards for 121 races. Throughout his 14-year career, he remained unbeaten in cross country events and the 10,000 m.
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