Aleksi Ojala

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Aleksi Ojala
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Ojala at the 2015 European Cup Race Walking
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Born (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 31)
Urjala, Finland
Sport
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
SportAthletics
Event 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.

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After some initial disappointing world championship results, Ojala achieved two top-20 World Athletics Championships finishes. At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, he did not finish the 50 kilometres. [1] However two years later, he finished 14th at the 2017 World Championship 50 km walk. [2]

In 2018, he competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany, but he failed to finish again. [3] He rebounded in the new 35 km walk at the 2022 World Championships, where he finished 13th and was the best racewalker from his country. [4]

In July 2024, Ojala retired from the sport. [5]

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References

  1. "50 kilometres walk results from 2015 Beijing" (PDF). media.aws.iaaf.org. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
  2. Aleksi Ojala at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  4. Aleksi Ojala at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. ""Matka on ollut hieno" – Aleksi Ojala päättää kilpailu-uransa". urjalansanomat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  6. "European Athletics - Athlete: Aleksi Ojala". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 2015-08-30.