Aleksi Kirjonen Explained

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Aleksi Kirjonen
Nationality:Finnish
Birth Date:29 May 1993
Country:Finland
Sport:Athletics
Event:shot put
Club:Espoon Tapiot
Coach:Markku Niinimaki
Paralympics:2012

Aleksi Kirjonen (born 29 May 1993) is a Paralympian athlete from Finland competing mainly in category F56 throwing events.[1]

Career

Kirjonen was born in 1993. Disabled since birth, he has no function in both his legs.[1] He took up athletics while still in secondary education. In 2011 he travelled to Dubai to compete in the World Junior Championships for Wheelchair Athletes. There he won both the men's shot put and javelin events.[2]

In July 2012 he travelled to Staddskanaal to represent Finland in the IPC Athletics European Championships. There he collected the bronze medal in the men's F55/56 javelin throw.[3] He followed this by being selected to represent Finland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, again in both his favoured throwing events. In the shot put, a joint F55/56 event, his best throw in the first round of 11.89m only gave him enough points to finish 11th, denying him the chance to progress to the final round. In the javelin Kirjonen threw 26.36 in his first throw, but fouled his remaining two attempts leaving him outside the top eight after the first round.

The following year he was back on the podium when he competed in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon. He competed in a joint F55/56 shot put finishing third to take the bronze medal.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kirjonen, Aleksi. 16 April 2014. ipc.infostradasports.com. 16 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416174702/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=966569&refreshauto=1. dead.
  2. Web site: Aleksi Kirjonen voitti jo toisen maailmanmestaruuden . 16 April 2014 . yleisurheilu.fi . Finnish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140417050458/http://www.yleisurheilu.fi/uutiset/uutispalvelu/aleksi-kirjonen-voitti-jo-toisen-maailmanmestaruuden . 17 April 2014 .
  3. Web site: Medallists by Event . pdf . 16 April 2014 . ipcat.msl.es . IPC Athletics . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194639/http://ipcat.msl.es/pdf/AT/AT000000000000000.C93.ENG.pdf . 29 October 2013 .
  4. Web site: 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Lyon: Official Results Book. 16 April 2014. pdf. 28 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140228174720/http://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/document/130805143217096_Final_ResultsBook_AT.pdf. dead.