Erkki Penttilä

{{Short description|Finnish wrestler (1932–2005)}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalBronze| 1956 Melbourne |Featherweight}}

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Erkki Penttilä (14 June 1932 – 19 April 2005) was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180619/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/erkki-penttila-1.html Erkki Penttilä] He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he received a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling.[https://web.archive.org/web/20061007142135/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=14&sp=WRE "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Wrestling"] databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 11, 2008)