Ojala at the 2015 European Cup Race Walking | |
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Born | Urjala, Finland | 9 December 1992
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Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 50km Race Walk |
Aleksi Ojala (born 9 December 1992 in Urjala) is a Finnish racewalker who competes mostly at the 50 kilometres race walk. Ojala's club is Urjalan Urheilijat.
Ojala competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, where he did not finish the 50 kilometres. [1] In 2018, he competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany. [2] He did not finish his race. [2]
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