Erkki Kerttula | |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1909 |
Birth Place: | Oulu, Finland |
Death Place: | Oulu, Finland |
Sport: | Fencing |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Erkki Kerttula (5 November 1909 - 4 November 1989) was a Finnish fencer.[1] He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]
Kerttula and Rolf Wiik were considered Finland's two best Olympic fencers; Kerttula was noted in an article in Yle as having said that "he would have easily won the gold [at the 1952 Olympics]. However, he had gone to take a nap before the last matches, and he was remembered to be woken up only a few minutes before the start of the matches."[3]