Matti Viitala (born 26 March 1966) is a retired
Finnish high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
er.
He finished sixth at the
1989 Summer Universiade
The 1989 Summer Universiade, also known as the XV Summer Universiade, took place in Duisburg, West Germany.
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, competed at the
1990 European Championships and the
1994 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final.
He became Finnish champion in 1990, before a long reign of
Juha Isolehto
Juha Isolehto (born 6 June 1968) is a retired Finnish high jumper.
He finished tenth at the 1990 European Championships. He also competed at the World Championships in 1991, 1993 and 1995 without reaching the final. He became Finnish champion in ...
, and Finnish indoor champion in 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1995.
His personal best jump was 2.25 metres, achieved in August 1990 in
Helsinki
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. He had 2.26 metres indoors, achieved in March 1994 in
Växjö.
References
1966 births
Living people
Finnish male high jumpers
Finnish Athletics Championships winners
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