Topi Anjala
{{short description|Finnish orienteering competitor|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's Orienteering }}
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{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalBronze | 2009 Miskolc | Relay }}
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Topi Anjala (born 5 July 1984) is a Finnish orienteering competitor.{{Cite web |url=https://irma.suunnistusliitto.fi/irma/public/ranking/viewClass;jsessionid=C19E10E3ED2BB7DF5D060A02D3DD58CF?listId=7519450&id=1100&pageuuid=574d3658-3e5d-47a7-ae37-2252d903cdce |title=SM-pitkä 2014 H21 |publisher=Finnish Orienteering Federation |language=fi |access-date=3 November 2021}} He represented Finland at the 2009 World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc, where he placed 15th in the long distance, and won a bronze medal in the relay, together with Tero Föhr and Mats Haldin.{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=52 | title=World Orienteering Championships 2009 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |access-date=6 July 2018}} His career best personal best is seventh place in the long distance at the 2008 World Championships in the Czech Republic. Anjala has won the Jukola relay in 2016{{cite web|access-date=2018-06-18|archive-date=2018-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618125929/https://www.aamulehti.fi/urheilu/vihdoinkin-kultaa-tampereelle-koovee-voitti-50-vuoden-tauon-jalkeen-jukolan-viestin-23735651/|date=2016-06-19|language=fi-FI|title=Vihdoinkin kultaa Tampereelle – Koovee voitti 50 vuoden tauon jälkeen Jukolan viestin|url=https://www.aamulehti.fi/urheilu/vihdoinkin-kultaa-tampereelle-koovee-voitti-50-vuoden-tauon-jalkeen-jukolan-viestin-23735651/|work=Aamulehti}} and 2018.{{cite web|access-date=2018-06-18|author=EERIKKI LYYTIKÄINEN / STT|language=fi-FI|title=Koovee otti voitosta kaiken irti – jalkapallon katsominen toi tarvittavan rentouden|url=https://www.savonsanomat.fi/urheilu/Koovee-otti-voitosta-kaiken-irti-%E2%80%93-jalkapallon-katsominen-toi-tarvittavan-rentouden/1214833|work=savonsanomat.fi – Savon Sanomat|date=17 June 2018 }}
Anjala's parents Ari Anjala and Outi Borgenström are also orienteers.{{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 twice in 2016 and 2018.
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External links
- {{IOF|7044}}
- [http://runners.worldofo.com/topianjala.html Topi Anjala] at World of O Runners
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Category:Finnish male orienteers
Category:Finnish foot orienteers
Category:World Orienteering Championships medalists
Category:21st-century Finnish sportsmen
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