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Oskar Albinus "Albin" Stenroos (February 25, 1889 - April 30, 1971) was a Finnish athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1924 Summer Olympics. February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Athletics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Although marathon sometimes refers to any athletic event requiring great endurance, more specifically it refers to a long-distance road running event of 42,195 m (26 miles and 385 yards). ... The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ...

Born in Vehmaa, Finland, Albin Stenroos ran his first marathon in 1909 (bronze in national championships), but then settled to shorter distances. His next marathon would be in Paris Olympics in 1924. Vehmaa is a municipality of Finland. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Albin Stenroos got his first fame by winning the 10 000 m at Finnish nationals in 1910. In absence of Hannes Kolehmainen, Stenroos won the Finnish National Championships in 5000 m and 10 000 m from 1912 to 1916. He also won the cross country title from 1915 to 1917. The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: SystÃ¨me International dUnitÃ©s). ... 1910 in topic: Arts Architecture- Art- Film- Literature- Music- Television Science and technology Aviation- Rail transport- Science Other topics Australia- Canada- Ireland- South Africa- Sport Births- Deaths Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious leaders 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Hannes Kolehmainen Johannes Petteri Hannes Kolehmainen (December 9, 1889 â€“ January 11, 1966) was a Finnish long-distance runner. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1916 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

At the 1912 Summer Olympics, Stenroos won the bronze medal in 10 000 m behind Kolehmainen. He also finished sixth on cross country run and aided his team to a second place. The Games of the V Olympiad were held in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden. ...

In 1915, Stenroos ran his first world record in 30 km (1:48:06.2), which he overrun in 1924. (1:46:11.6). He also owned the 20 km world record in 1923 (1:07:11.2). A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer, symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Stenroos skipped the 1920 Summer Olympics, but decided to run marathon (a distance he hadn't run for fifteen years) at the 1924 Olympic Games. Stenroos won the race in quite a hot conditions, beating second placed Romeo Bertini from Italy by almost six minutes. The Games of the VII Olympiad were held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. ... A minute is: a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ...

Stenroos got a second place at the 1926 Boston Marathon, but decided to retire from athletics after the failure at the next Boston Marathon. 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 100th running of the Boston Marathon, 1996 The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon sporting event hosted by the city of Boston, Massachusetts on Patriots Day, the third Monday of April each year. ...

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