Antti Kempas (born 3 October 1980 in

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) is a

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. He finished eleventh at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. He also competed at the 2006 European Championships (where he did not finish) and the 2005 World Championships. Kempas competed in the

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, where he placed 20th in a time of 3:55:19 hours and also competed at the

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placing 41st with a time of 4:01:50 hours.

References

* 1980 births Living people Athletes from Helsinki Finnish male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Finnish Athletics Championships winners {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub