Paavo Kotila

Paavo Edvard Kotila (26 August 1927 in Veteli – 26 January 2014) was a Finnish long-distance runner, Olympian, and three-time national champion in the marathon (1955, 1956, 1961).

Biography
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.