caption event death_date death_place club birth_place weight height pb sport birth_date image article_title
lauri virtanen in 1932 5000 m , 10000 m , marathon 8 february 1982 -lrb- aged 77 -rrb- turku , finland turun riento , turku uskela , salo , finland 68 kg lb on 1.72 m ftin on 5000 -- 30:30.7 -lrb- 1933 -rrb- ; marathon -- 2:48:53 -lrb- m 1935 -rrb- -- 14:36.8 -lrb- 1932 -rrb- 10000 m athletics 3 august 1904 lauri virtanen 1932.jpg lauri virtanen

lauri virtanen

lauri johannes `` lasse '' virtanen -lrb- 3 august 1904 -- 8 february 1982 -rrb- was a finnish long-distance runner , winner of bronze medals in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres at the 1932 summer olympics in los angeles .
he finished fourth in the 5000 metres at the 1934 european championships .
his brother eino was an olympic wrestler .
