Tiina Ala-aho

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Tiina Ala-aho
Medal record
Track and field (athletics)
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Shot Put - F33-34
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens Javelin Throw - F33/34/52/53

Tiina Ala-aho is a paralympic athlete from Finland competing mainly in category F33 shot put and javelin events.

Tiina first competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics where she won the gold medal in the F33-34 shot put. Four years later in the expanded F32-34/52/53 shot put she failed to medal but she did win a bronze in the F33/34/52/53 javelin. She then competed in the javelin again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics but failed to medal. [1]

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