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Ville Kyrönen

Ville Kyrönen

Finnish long-distance runner

Ville Kyrönen (14 January 1891 – 24 May 1959) was a Finnish long-distance runner. Kyrönen won a silver medal in the team cross country event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] He also ran in the marathon at the 1924 and 1932 Summer Olympics.[2] He moved to the United States where he had his own bakery in Finntown, Brooklyn, New York.[3][4]

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    "Ville Kyrönen Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
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    "Ville Kyrönen". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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    Fernando, Shemal (28 March 2022). "'Flying Finn' Hannes Kolehmainen: Pioneer of long distance at Olympics". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
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    "Leipurit ja urheilu". Leipuri (in Finnish). National Library of Finland. 1 November 1932. p. 14. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
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