Pertti Ukkola (born 10 August 1950 in

Sodankylä Sodankylä (; ; ; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the region of Lapland, and lies at the northern end of Highway 5 ( E63) and along Highway 4 ( E75). The Kitinen River flows near the center of Sodankylä. Its neighbouring mun ...

) is a Finnish

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and Olympic champion in

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."1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on August 26, 2008) He was selected

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1977.

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