His sports club was Vantaan Sampo, in
Vantaa, in Finland. He won
silver medals at the 1990 and 1991 European Championships at 74.0 kg. in
Greco-Roman wrestling. Karila competed for
Finland at the 1992 Summer Olympics in
Barcelona, at the age of 24, in
Wrestling--Men's Welterweight (74 kg), Greco-Roman. He won a silver medal at the
1994 World Wrestling Championships at 82.0 kg. in Greco-Roman wrestling. Karila competed for
Finland at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta at the age of 28, in
Wrestling--Men's Middleweight (82 kg), Greco-Roman, and came in 11th. == References ==