Lennart Viitala, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lennart Viitala

Olympic wrestler

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1921

Place of Birth: Nurmo, Finland

Date of Death: 24-Feb-1966

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Vilho Lennart "Lenni" Viitala (8 November 1921 – 24 February 1966) was a Finnish flyweight wrestler who won gold medals in freestyle wrestling at the 1946 European Championships and 1948 Olympics.
Domestically Viitala won five freestyle (1946–49, 1956) and one Greco-Roman title (1953).
He was a carpenter by profession.