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Lennart Viitala
Personal information
Born8 November 1921
Kankaanpää, Finland
Died24 February 1966 (aged 45)
Kangasala, Finland
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight52–60 kg (115–132 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
ClubVaasan Toverit
TUL
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Lennart Viitala Finland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1948 London 52 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1946 Stockholm 52 kg
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing Lennart Viitala Finland
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1947 Prague 52 kg

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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