Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
) Karjalainen in Gothenburg 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Finnish | |||||||||||||
| Born | 7 March 1980 Töysä, Finland | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (254 lb) | |||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 83.30 (NR) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (born 7 March 1980 in Töysä) is a Finnish former hammer thrower. The 1998 World Junior Champion, Karjalainen is the world junior record holder with 78.33 metres (7.26 kg). His personal best throw is 83.30, achieved in July 2004 in Lahti.
European Championships 2006
Karjalainen took his first medal at the 2006 European Championships by throwing 80.84. He finished second, but became the Champion in 2014 as IAAF decided to strip Ivan Tskikhan of Belarus of the gold medal for doping. Karjalainen was awarded with the gold medal in a ceremony arranged at the 2014 Finland-Sweden athletics international in Helsinki.[1]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing  Finland | ||||
| 1998 | World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 1st | 72.40 m |
| European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 24th | 73.13 m | |
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 11th | 75.59 m |
| European Junior Championships | Riga, Latvia | 1st | 75.80 m | |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 34th | 69.64 m |
| 2001 | European U23 Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2nd | 80.54 m |
| World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 10th | 76.76 m | |
| 2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 8th | 78.57 m |
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 14th | 76.20 m |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 15th | 76.11 m |
| World Athletics Final | Szombathely, Hungary | 1st | 81.43 m | |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 4th | 78.77 m |
| World Athletics Final | Szombathely, Hungary | 1st | 79.81 m | |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | 80.84 m |
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 6th | 78.47 m | |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 9th | 78.35 m |
| 2008 | Finnish Championships | Tampere, Finland | 1st | 77.93 m |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 6th | 79.59 m | |
| 2009 | Finnish Championships | Espoo, Finland | 1st | 77.76 m |
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 16th | 74.09 m | |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 10th | 73.70 m |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 9th | 76.60 m |
References
- ^ "Karjalainen finally to get his gold". Finland Times. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
External links
- Olli-Pekka Karjalainen at World Athletics
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