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Olympic long-distance runner
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Place of birth
Veteli, Central Ostrobothnia, Western and Central Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
Place of death
Oulu, Northern Ostrobothnia, Northern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
Age
86 years
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Paavo Edvard Kotila (August 26, 1927 in Veteli – January 26, 2014) was a Finnish long-distance runner, Olympian, and three-time national champion in the marathon (1955, 1956, 1961).
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Kotila won his second consecutive national title in 1956 with a time of 2:18:04.8. With this performance, he was ranked first in the marathon for 1956.
Kotila later finished 13th in the marathon on at the 1956 Summer Olympics and won the 1960 Boston Marathon.
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