Väinö Sipilä, Finnish runner (died 1987)

Väinö Sipilä

Finnish long-distance runner

Väinö Jeremias Sipilä was a Finnish long-distance runner. Sipilä competed in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, placing fourth in the 10,000 metres and being part of Finland's winning cross-country team in the 1924 Games. He held world records at the unusual distances of 20,000…