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).[1][2]
Kotila won his second consecutive national title in 1956 with a time of 2:18:04.8.[1][nb 1] With this performance, he was ranked first in the marathon for 1956.[6][7]
Kotila later finished 13th in the marathon on at the 1956 Summer Olympics and won the 1960 Boston Marathon.[8]
