PARTANEN Veli-Matti

Date of Birth: 28 Oct 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Place of residence : LAPPEENRANTA

Residence Country:

Finland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 50km Race Walk	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Odori Park	Men's 50km Race Walk Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	DNF

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2019	Doha, QAT	DNF
2017	London, GBR	DQ
2015	Beijing, CHN	18th (3:54:28)
2013	Moscow, RUS	41st (4:04:59)

European Championships

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2018	Berlin, GER	DNF

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
40	2018	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, CHN	1:27:35

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Aku ["My parents have been calling me this since I was young, but I do not remember where it originally came from."] (suomiurheilu.com, 16 Jul 2015)

Occupation:

History - Helsinki University , Finland

Languages spoken:

English, Finnish

Lappeenrannan Urheilu-Miehet [Finland]

Valentin Kononen [personal], from 2012

He took up the sport at age eight in 1999, and began competing in 2007. (suomiurheilu.com, 16 Jul 2015)

"I was involved with athletics but race walking is what I was passionate about. When Finnish Olympic race walker Jani Lehtinen asked me to join a training group that's when I really became interested." (suomiurheilu.com, 16 Jul 2015)

General Interest

General
OXYGEN TENTS
In 2019 he installed two oxygen tents at his home, which would allow him to train at altitude without going to the mountains. "I have configured it so that during sleep and exercise biking, the oxygen content corresponds to 2800m above sea level. However, I only do restorative exercises in the tents and I keep my heart rate under control. At an altitude of 2800m, even in the right mountains, you do not train hard." (is.fi, 10 Apr 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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