Yrjö Mäkelä

{{short description|Finnish decathlete}}

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| name = Yrjö Mäkelä

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| nationality = Finnish

| sport = Athletics

| event = Decathlon

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|12|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|5|23|1926|12|2|df=yes}}

| death_place = Espoo, Finland

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Yrjö Mäkelä (2 December 1926 – 23 May 2015) was a Finnish athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/yrjo-makela-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181918/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/yrjo-makela-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Yrjö Mäkelä Olympic Results |access-date=25 January 2018}}