Ari Anjala

{{Short description|Finnish orienteer}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's orienteering }}

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{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 1979 Tampere | Relay }}

{{MedalBronze | 1981 Thun | Relay }}

{{MedalBronze | 1991 Mariánské Lázně | Relay }}

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Ari Anjala (born 31 May 1958) is a Finnish orienteering competitor, three times medalist in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships.{{Cite web |url=https://irma.suunnistusliitto.fi/irma/public/ranking/viewClass;jsessionid=C2CBD740311BE6A9AF4A3FA2849F6028?listId=15903950&id=1600&pageuuid=e408f9f7-176e-4b0f-8c4d-c0be8f1e72ec |title=Suunnistuksen loppuranki 2017 H55 |publisher=Finnish Orienteering Federation |language=fi |access-date=3 November 2021}}

He received a silver medal in the relay event in 1979, a bronze medal in 1981, and a bronze medal in 1991.{{cite web|url=http://www.orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/results/foot_orienteering/world_orienteering_championships |title=World Orienteering Championships |accessdate=2008-09-29 |work=International Orienteering Federation |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818001833/http://www.orienteering.org/i3/index.php?%2Fiof2006%2Fresults%2Ffoot_orienteering%2Fworld_orienteering_championships |archivedate=2007-08-18 }}

Anjala and orienteer Outi Borgenström have a son, Topi Anjala, who is also an orienteer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tampereenviikko.fi/teksti/suunnistus-tuli-verenperintona-6.24.73029.f6c4dfe6c0 |title=Suunnistus tuli verenperintönä |last=Aaltonen |first=Juha |website={{ill|Tampereen Viikko|fi|TRE! Tampereen viikko}} |language=fi |access-date=3 November 2021}}

Anjala won the Jukola relay in 1977.