Ville Ritola

Ville Ritola. Self: Finlandia. Ville Ritola is a Finnish long-distance runner. He won five Olympic gold medals and three Olympic silver medals in the 1920s. He holds the record of winning most athletics medals in one Olympic games event - four golds and two silvers in Paris 1924. He has won the second biggest number of athletics Olympic gold medals in one event. Ritola retired from athletics soon after the 1928 Olympic...