Lennart Viitala Explained

Birth Date:8 November 1921
Birth Place:Kankaanpää, Finland
Death Date:24 February 1966 (aged 45)
Death Place:Kangasala, Finland
Height:165 cm
Weight:52–60 kg
Sport:Wrestling
Club:Vaasan Toverit
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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. Domestically Viitala won five freestyle (1946–49, 1956) and one Greco-Roman title (1953). He was a carpenter by profession.