Pentti Nikula

{{Short description|Finnish pole vaulter (born 1939)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

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| image =Pentti Nikula 1963.jpg

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| caption = Nikula in 1963

| nationality = Finnish

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|3 February 1939}}

| birth_place = Somero, Finland

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| height = 180 cm

| weight = 68–70 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event = Pole vault

| pb =5.10 mi (1963)[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=4822&Gender=M Pentti Nikula]. trackfield.brinkster.net

| club = Lahden Sampo, Lahti

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{FIN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1962 Belgrade | Pole vault}}

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Pentti Kustaa Nikula (born 3 February 1939) is a Finnish retired pole vaulter. He won the 1962 European Championships and held one world and four European outdoor records. He placed seventh at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Nikula won the British AAA Championships title in the pole vault event at the 1962 AAA Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=5 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=5 May 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19620715/016/0016 |title=Tulloch the Triumphant |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=15 July 1962 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 May 2025}}