Erkki Kerttula (5 November 1909 – 4 November 1989) was a Finnish fencer. He competed at the

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and

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

. Kerttula and Rolf Wiik were considered Finland's two best Olympic fencers; Kerttula was noted in an article in

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as having said that "he would have easily won the gold t the 1952 Olympics However, he had gone to take a nap before the last matches, and he was remembered to be woken up only a few minutes before the start of the matches."

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* 1909 births 1989 deaths Finnish male foil fencers Olympic fencers for Finland Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Oulu Finnish male épée fencers Finnish male sabre fencers 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-fencing-bio-stub