Lennart Viitala

Lennart Viitala
Personal information
Born 8 November 1921
Kankaanpää, Finland
Died 24 February 1966 (aged 73)
Kangasala, Finland
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 52–60 kg
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Club Vaasan Toverit
TUL

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 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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