Risto Kala (24 July 1941 – 25 November 2021) was a Finnish

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player. He competed in the men's tournament at the

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. Kala was SM-sarja top scorer in 1968–1969 season. Representing Pantterit he won two Finnish championships. In 2018, Kala was inducted to Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame. Kala died in November 2021, at the age of 80.

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* 1941 births 2021 deaths Basketball players from Helsinki Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Finnish men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Finland 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-basketball-bio-stub