# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/veli-lehtela
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:43:56.179Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/veli-lehtela"
name: "Veli Lehtelä"
slug: "veli-lehtela"
description: "Veli Veikko Valtteri Lehtelä was a Finnish rower. He competed in various two-man and four man events at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won two bronze medals, in 1956 and 1960. His son Jorma Lehtelä also became an Olympic rower."
tagline: "Finnish rower (1935-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Veli_Lehtel%C3%A4_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1935-09-06"
deathDate: "2020-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.66969066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيلى ليشتيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Veli Lehtelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Veli Lehtelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Veli Lehtelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli_Lehtel%C3%A4"
    title: "Veli Lehtelä"
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    title: "Veli Lehtelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ولی لتلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Veli Lehtelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli_Lehtel%C3%A4"
    title: "Veli Lehtelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli_Lehtel%C3%A4"
    title: "Veli Lehtelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Veli Lehtelä"
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    title: "Veli Lehtelä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Veli Lehtelä"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump