Erkki Kerttula

{{short description|Finnish fencer}}

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| caption = Rolf Wiik, Kauko Jalkanen and Erkki Kerttula in 1952

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| birth_place = Oulu, Finland

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Erkki Kerttula (5 November 1909 – 4 November 1989) was a Finnish fencer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fencing-pentathlon.fi/liitto/tiedotteet/miekka-miehet-tayttaa-90-vuotta/|website=Fencing-Pentathlon.fi|title=Miekka-Miehet täyttää 90 vuotta|date=March 9, 2021|trans-title=Miekka-Miehet turns 90 years old}} He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/erkki-kerttula-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181942/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/erkki-kerttula-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Erkki Kerttula Olympic Results |accessdate=2010-06-13 |work=sports-reference.com}}

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."{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2013/06/13/kalvan-kalistelua-kotimaassa|publisher=Yle|title=Kalvan kalistelua kotimaassa|trans-title=Shaking the skin at home|date=June 13, 2013|author=Lauhio, Jesperi}}