Vilho Pekkala

{{Short description|Finnish wrestler (1898–1974)}}

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|birth_place = Kotka, Finland

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|death_place = Kotka, Finland

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{{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalBronze| 1924 Paris |Middleweight}}

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Vilho Pekkala (3 April 1898 – 20 October 1974) was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist.

He won a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=8&sp=WRE "1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Wrestling"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220103959/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=8&sp=WRE |date=20 February 2007 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 10 April 2008){{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/vilho-pekkala-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175636/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/vilho-pekkala-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Vilho Pekkala Olympic Results |accessdate=2013-09-13 |work=sports-reference.com}}