Paavo Nurmi Statue

Year

1952

Artist

Type

public art

Aaltonen cast this mid-stride bronze of the Finnish middle-distance runner Paavo Nurmi (the greatest distance runner of his era and a nine-time Olympic champion) in 1925, when Nurmi was at the peak of his fame. The figure captures the forwa …

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