Paavo Kotila
{{short description|Finnish long-distance runner}}
Paavo Edvard Kotila (26 August 1927 in Veteli – 26 January 2014) was a Finnish long-distance runner, Olympian, and three-time national champion in the marathon (1955, 1956, 1961).{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrs.run/NC_MaraFIN.htm|title=untitled|website=www.arrs.run|access-date=Aug 17, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/urheilu/a/2014012917989481|title=Paavo Kotila on kuollut|date=January 29, 2014|publisher=Iltalehti|language=fi|access-date=1 February 2014}}
Biography
Kotila won his second consecutive national title in 1956 with a time of 2:18:04.8.{{#tag:ref|The International Association of Athletics Federations has published a progression of road racing world bests and records that were widely recognized prior to ratification and official acceptance by the IAAF. According to that progression, Jim Peters' 2:17:40 performance at the Polytechnic Marathon on June 26, 1954 was a world best at the time.{{cite web
|title = 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009.
|url = http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf
|publisher = IAAF Media & Public Relations Department
|location = Monte Carlo
|pages = 546, 563, 565, 651, and 653
|format = PDF
|year = 2009
|access-date = May 15, 2010
}} According to date provided by the Association of Road Racing Statisticians, they consider Peters' performance to have occurred on an "aided" course and recognize Kotila in the progression for world best in the marathon.Association of Road Racing Statisticians, [https://www.arrs.run/MaraRank/ATM_Mara1954.htm World Marathon Rankings for 1954]. Retrieved May 15, 2010.Association of Road Racing Statisticians, [https://www.arrs.run/RecProg/RP_wwR.htm World Best Progressions- Road]. Retrieved May 15, 2010.|group="nb"}} With this performance, he was ranked first in the marathon for 1956.{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrs.run/MaraRank/ATM_Mara1956.htm|title=untitled|website=www.arrs.run|access-date=Aug 17, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrs.run/YR_Mara.htm|title=untitled|website=www.arrs.run|access-date=Aug 17, 2019}}
Kotila later finished 13th in the marathon on at the 1956 Summer Olympics and won the 1960 Boston Marathon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrs.run/HP_BosMa.htm|title=Boston Marathon|website=www.arrs.run|access-date=Aug 17, 2019}}
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References
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External links
- {{SR/Olympics profile|ko/paavo-kotila-1}}
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Category:Finnish male long-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Finland
Category:Boston Marathon male winners
Category:Sportspeople from Central Ostrobothnia