Vilho Pekkala

Vilho Ferdinand Pekkala (born April 3, 1898 in Kotka , † October 20, 1974 in Kotka) was a Finnish wrestler and bronze medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris .

At the 1924 Games, Pekkala competed in freestyle wrestling in the 79 kg class . In the end, he was third behind Fritz Hagmann from Switzerland and Pierre Ollvier from Belgium .

In Finland, Vilho Pekkala was only once Finnish champion, namely in 1928 in freestyle. In the Greco-Roman style he had tough competitors with the ten-time Finnish master Oskar Friman and the experienced Onni Pellinen , in freestyle he often had to place himself behind his competitor Kyösti Luukko . Until 1928 Pekkala started for Helsingin Kisa-Veikot (HKV), from 1929 for Hallan Visa in Kotka , later he wrestled for Helsingin Poliisi-Voimailijat (HPV).

Results at Finnish championships

• 1922, 3rd place , GR, up to 75 kg, behind Oskar Friman and Masa Perttilä
• 1923, 3rd place , GR, up to 75 kg, behind Lauri Virtanen and A. Andersson
• 1924, 3rd place , GR, up to 75 kg, behind Oskar Friman and Eemil Juvonen
• 1924, 2nd place , FS, up to 79 kg, behind Väinö Penttala
• 1926, 2nd place , GR, up to 82.5 kg, behind Onni Pellinen
• 1927, 2nd place , GR, up to 82.5 kg, behind Onni Pellinen and in front of Emil Vecksten
• 1928, 1st place , FS, up to 79 kg, ahead of Kyösti Luukko
• 1929, 2nd place , FS, up to 79 kg, behind Jaska Filppula
• 1931, 3rd place , FS, up to 79 kg, behind Kyösti Luukko and Matti Lahti
• 1935, 2nd place , FS, up to 87 kg, behind Kyösti Luukko

Web links

• Vilho Pekkala in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )