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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.




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External links


Olli-Pekka Karjalainen at World Athletics

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• Daftar anggota Parlemen Finlandia
• Daftar pembawa bendera Finlandia pada Olimpiade
• Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
• Karjalainen
• List of hammer throwers
• Töysä
• Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Finland at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• List of Finns
• Hammer throw
• Olli (disambiguation)
• Adrián Annus