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Erkki Kerttula

Finnish fencer

Born
5 November 1909, Oulu
Died
4 November 1989
Citizenship
Finland
Sport
fencing
Occupation
fencer

Erkki Kerttula (5 November 1909 – 4 November 1989) was a Finnish fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.

Kerttula and Rolf Wiik were considered Finland's two best Olympic fencers; Kerttula was noted in an article in Yle as having said that "he would have easily won the gold [at the 1952 Olympics]. However, he had gone to take a nap before the last matches, and he was remembered to be woken up only a few minutes before the start of the matches."

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1948 Summer Olympics1948
1952 Summer Olympics1952

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q5389674 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.