Martti Olavi Vainio (born 30 December 1950)[1] is a Finnish former long-distance runner. In Finland he is recognized as the last of the great runners of the famous "V-line", the previous ones being Juha Väätäinen, Lasse Virén, and Pekka Vasala. Each of them won at least one gold medal either at the Summer Olympics or the European Athletics Championships in the 1970s. Vainio's accomplishments are tarnished though, for testing positive for PEDs on at least two occasions. One of those events was the 1984 Olympic Games where he was disqualified and stripped of his medal and later suspended from sport.
His achievements in major athletic championships include gold in the 10,000 metres race 1978 European Championships in Athletics in Prague and bronze in the same distance at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics in Athens. At the 1983 World Championships in Athletics he dropped to fourth place in the 10,000 metres race, but claimed the bronze in the 5000 metres in a close finish decided by a lunge over the finish line.
Martti Olavi Vainio (born 30 December 1950) is a Finnish former long-distance runner. In Finland he is recognized as the last of the great runners of...
and politician Jouni Vainio (born 1960), Finnish Olympian sport shooter Juha Vainio (1938–1990), Finnish musician MarttiVainio (born 1950), Finnish long-distance...
Myrsky I, Myrsky II, and Myrsky III. It was designed by Edward Wegelius, MarttiVainio and Torsti Verkkola who worked at Valtion lentokonetehdas. The decision...
— did not finish (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's 5,000 metres MarttiVainio Heat — 13:45.16 Semifinals — 13:30.48 (→ did not advance) Antti Loikkanen...
Athletics, Men's 10,000 m MarttiVainio (FIN) ※ -1 −1 On August 13, 1984, the IOC stripped Finnish long-distance runner MarttiVainio of his silver medal in...
Danish computer scientist, created the C++ programming language 1950 – MarttiVainio, Finnish runner 1951 – Doug Allder, English footballer and coach 1951...
in 1942 to produce a copy due to aircraft shortages. Chief designer MarttiVainio, along with designers Torsti Verkkola, Arvo Ylinen at Valtion Lentokonetehdas...
at Helsinki. At the 6 km mark, MarttiVainio from Finland, picked up the speed. Cova managed to follow him, and Vainio couldn't sustain his own pace,...
Jaanus Uudmäe Estonia Triple/long jump 2007 Sibutramine Public warning MarttiVainio Finland Long distance 1984 1983–1984 Positive test: Metenolone Self...
Alberto Cova Italy 27:41.03 Werner Schildhauer East Germany 27:41.21 MarttiVainio Finland 27:42.51 Marathon details Gerard Nijboer Netherlands 2:15:16...
Switzerland Aleksandr Fedotkin Soviet Union 13:28.66 10,000 metres details MarttiVainio Finland 27:30.99 CR, NR Venanzio Ortis Italy 27:31.48 Aleksandras...
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