Väinö Penttala [SEP] date of birth
Väinö Penttala
Väinö Penttala (16 January 1897 – 28 February 1976) was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist.
He won a silver medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. In 1923 the first freestyle wrestling tournaments took place in Finland. Penttala won the title four times (until 1927).,
, Finnish politician
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