Erkki Miinala

{{short description|Finnish Paralympic goalball player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Erkki Miinala

| image =

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| full_name = Erkki Ilmari Miinala

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|8|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kemi, Finland

| height = 1.67 m

| weight = 83 kg

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Men's goalball}}

{{Medal|Country|{{FIN}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2012 London|Team}}

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Erkki Ilmari Miinala (born 19 August 1986 in Kemi) is a Finnish goalball player. He began playing at age ten, but did not become serious about the sport until 19. His visual impairment is due to retinitis pigmentosa which is an inherited, degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision impairment. Outside goalball he plays drums in a rock band and works as a transcriber.{{Cite web |url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=542&personid=961642 |title=MIINALA Erkki |website=IPC.infostradasports.com |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=9 September 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090210/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=542&personid=961642 |url-status=dead}} He was a member of Finland's gold medal-winning men's goalball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.{{Cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/miinala-erkki-5512782/ |title=Erkki Miinala |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=9 September 2012 |archive-date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128025654/www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/miinala-erkki-5512782/ |url-status=dead}}