Aku Partanen
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Veli-Matti Partanen |
| Born | 28 October 1991 Lappeenranta, Finland |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | 50km Race Walk |
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| Personal best |
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Veli-Matti "Aku" Partanen (born 28 October 1991, in Lappeenranta) is a Finnish racewalker who competes mostly at the 50 kilometres race walk. Partanen's club is Lappeenrannan Urheilumiehet.
Partanen competed at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, where he was 41st at 50 kilometres.[2] At the 2014 European Championships, in Zürich, Partanen was 18th. His time was 3:52:58. In 2018, he competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany.[3] He did not finish his race.[3] In 2019, he competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[4] He did not finish his race.[4]
Partanen's original name was Veli-Matti, but he changed his name to Aku because everyone called him Aku.[citation needed]
In 2021, he represented Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he finished 9th in the men's 50 kilometres walk and set a season best of 3:52:39.[5]
Records
[edit | edit source]- 50 kilometres race walk: 3.49.02 (Dudince 2015)[2]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Veli-Matti Partanen at World AthleticsLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Veli-Matti Partanen at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Veli-Matti Partanen at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Aku Partanen at OlympediaLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Aku Partanen at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lappeenranta
- Athletes from South Karelia
- Finnish men race walkers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Finland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Finland
- Finnish Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Finnish athletics biography stubs