Yrjö Lehtilä
Yrjö Lehtilä ( Yrjö Ilmari Lehtilä; born November 19, 1916 in Turku , † March 27, 2000 ) was a Finnish shot putter .
At the European Athletics Championships in Oslo in 1946 he won bronze, and at the 1948 Olympic Games in London he was sixth.
He was Finnish champion four times (1943, 1944, 1945, 1947). He set his personal best of 15.85 m on June 28, 1944 in Turku .
Web links
- Yrjö Lehtilä in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
- Yrjö Lehtilä in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Lehtilä, Yrjö |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lehtilä, Yrjö Ilmari |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish shot putter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turku |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 2000 |