Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (born 7 March 1980 in

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) is a

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former

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er. The 1998 World Junior Champion, Karjalainen is the world junior record holder with 78.33 metres (7.26 kg). His personal best throw is 83.30, achieved in July 2004 in

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European Championships 2006

Karjalainen took his first medal at the 2006 European Championships by throwing 80.84. He finished second, but became the Champion in 2014 as

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decided to strip Ivan Tskikhan of

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of the gold medal for doping. Karjalainen was awarded with the gold medal in a ceremony arranged at the 2014 Finland-Sweden athletics international in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karjalainen, Olli-Pekka 1980 births Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Finnish male hammer throwers Living people Olympic athletes of Finland People from Töysä Sportspeople from South Ostrobothnia