Erkki Tamila

{{short description|Finnish long-distance runner}}

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| nationality = Finnish

| sport = Long-distance running

| event = Marathon

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|5|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nummi, Finland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|2|25|1911|5|5|df=yes}}

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Erkki Tamila (5 May 1911 – 25 February 2004) was a Finnish long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/erkki-tamila-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182222/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/erkki-tamila-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Erkki Tamila Olympic Results |access-date=30 April 2017}}

Tamila set two world records. He ran in Joensuu, Finland, on 30 August 1937 the 15 mile in 1h 19:48.6. In the same city he ran the 25 kilometer in 1h 21.7 on 6 September.[http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010761611:mpeg21:pdf Wereldrecordhouder Tamila], Nieuwsblad van Friesland, 2 January 1940, pag.6

During World War II it was announced in January 1940 that he would have died.