Lennart Viitala
Finnish wrestler (1921–1966)
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Born | 8 November 1921 Kankaanpää, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 February 1966 (aged 45) Kangasala, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52–60 kg (115–132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Vaasan Toverit TUL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vilho Lennart "Lenni" Viitala (8 November 1921 – 24 February 1966) was a Finnish flyweight wrestler who won gold medals in freestyle wrestling at the 1946 European Athletics Championships and 1948 Olympics.[1] Domestically Viitala won five freestyle (1946–49, 1956) and one Greco-Roman title (1953). He was a carpenter by profession.[2][3]
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- 1904:
George Mehnert (USA)
- 1948:
Lennart Viitala (FIN)
- 1952:
Hasan Gemici (TUR)
- 1956:
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze (URS)
- 1960:
Ahmet Bilek (TUR)
- 1964:
Yoshikatsu Yoshida (JPN)
- 1968:
Shigeo Nakata (JPN)
- 1972:
Kiyomi Kato (JPN)
- 1976:
Yuji Takada (JPN)
- 1980:
Anatoly Beloglazov (URS)
- 1984:
Šaban Trstena (YUG)
- 1988:
Mitsuru Sato (JPN)
- 1992:
Ri Hak-son (PRK)
- 1996:
Valentin Yordanov (BUL)
- 2000:
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)
- 1904: 52.16 kg
- 1948–1996: 52 kg
- 2000: 54 kg
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