Paavo Kotila
Paavo Edvard Kotila (August 26, 1927 in Veteli – January 26, 2014) was a Finnish long-distance runner, Olympian, and three-time national champion in the marathon (1955, 1956, 1961).[1][2]
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Biography
Kotila won his second consecutive national title in 1956 with a time of 2:18:04.8.[1][nb 1] With this performance, he was ranked first in the marathon for 1956.[6][7]
Kotila later finished 13th in the marathon on at the 1956 Summer Olympics and won the 1960 Boston Marathon.[8]
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- ↑ Association of Road Racing Statisticians, World Best Progressions- Road. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.arrs.net/MaraRank/ATM_Mara1956.htm
- ↑ http://www.arrs.net/YR_Mara.htm
- ↑ http://www.arrs.net/HP_BosMa.htm
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