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Born | Oulu, Finland | 5 November 1909
Died | 4 November 1989 Oulu, Finland | (aged 79)
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Sport | Fencing |
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]