• Paavo Edvard Kotila (26 August 1927 in Veteli – 26 January 2014) was a Finnish long-distance runner, Olympian, and three-time national champion in the...
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  • competed mainly in the javelin throw Paavo Korhonen (1928–2019), Finnish Nordic skier who competed in the 1950s Paavo Kotila (1927–2014), former Finnish long-distance...
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    [citation needed] Report in The Times claiming world record. 2:18:04.8 Paavo Kotila  Finland August 12, 1956 Finnish Athletics Championships, Pieksämäki...
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  •  Veikko Karvonen (FIN) 1955-09-04 Copenhagen, Denmark 1956 2:18:04.8  Paavo Kotila (FIN) 1956-08-12 Pieksämäki, Finland 1957 2:19:50  Sergei Popov (URS)...
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  • Olympic champion Teodor Koskenniemi – runner, Olympic champion (1887–1965) Paavo Kotila – marathon runner (Boston Marathon winner 1960) Harri Larva – runner...
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    Mihalic  Yugoslavia 2:25:54 1959 Eino Oksanen  Finland 2:22:42 1960 Paavo Kotila  Finland 2:20:54 1961 Eino Oksanen  Finland 2:23:39 Second victory 1962...
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  • and translator. Oleg Imrekov, 51, Russian football player and manager. Paavo Kotila, 86, Finnish Olympic long-distance runner (1956). Margery Mason, 100...
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    was second in the Finnish Championship marathon, four minutes after Paavo Kotila. For the rest of the year Karvonen did not lose any race; in September...
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    1955  Veikko Karvonen (FIN) 2:21:22  Paavo Kotila (FIN) 2:24:19  Eino Pulkkinen (FIN) 2:26:30 1957  Paavo Kotila (FIN) 2:24:04  Eino Pulkkinen (FIN) 2:24:38...
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    Kelley (USA) 1958: Franjo Mihalić (YUG) 1959: Eino Oksanen (FIN) 1960: Paavo Kotila (FIN) 1961–62: Eino Oksanen (FIN) 1963–64: Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL)...
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    pinhole camera on an Aerobee rocket. The 64th Boston Marathon was won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:54. Born: Gustavo Petro, 34th President of Colombia...
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    Arnold Vaide  Sweden 2:36:21 12 Choi Chunk-Sik  South Korea 2:36:53 13 Paavo Kotila  Finland 2:38:59 14 Mercer Davies  South Africa 2:39:48 15 Harry Hicks...
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    Karvonen — 2:27:47 (→ Bronze Medal) Eino Oksanen — 2:36:10 (→ 10th place) Paavo Kotila — 2:37:10 (→ 13th place) Sprint Paul Nyman — 18th place Time trial Paul...
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  • Olympics in Rome, Italy. McKenzie, running 2:28:18, finished second to Paavo Kotila in the 1960 Boston Marathon, an Olympic trials race. In 1961, he finished...
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  • Utriainen 2006: Jussi Utriainen 1960: Eino Oksanen 1961: Paavo Kotila 1962: Tenho Salakka 1963: Paavo Pystynen 1964: Eino Valle 1965: Tenho Salakka 1966: Kalevi...
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    229.35. Retrieved on 2 March 2012. "?People of a special mould"? – Pirkko Kotila. Kansanarkisto.fi. Retrieved on 2 March 2012. "Sauli Niinistöstä Palloliiton...
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    Laird 4:40:09 John Allen 4:41:36 Bruce MacDonald 4:45:42 Boston Marathon Paavo Kotila  Finland Gordon McKenzie 2:20:54 2:22:18 Jim Green 2:23:37 Al Confalone...
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  • 1910–1914) Aleksanteri Koivisto (1907–1918) Emanuel Kolkki (1907–1909) Matti Kotila Tahvo Kruus Hilda Käkikoski Aleksi Käpy (1907–1909) Pietari Kärnä (1911–1914)...
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