Pertti Ukkola (born 10 August 1950 in

Sodankylä Sodankylä (; sme, Soađegilli ; smn, Suáđigil; sms, Suäʹđjel) 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 ne ...

) is a

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wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sport ...

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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1950 births Living people People from Sodankylä Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lapland (Finland) 20th-century Finnish people 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub