Riku Rantala (born 20 July 1974) is a

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, best known from traveling series Madventures. He has also co-written a book, ''Isänmaan asialla - matkaopas syrjäytettyjen Suomeen'' (

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, 2004), with

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. In 2007, Rantala, Lahdenmäki and Tuomas "Tunna" Milonoff, the 2nd of Madventures' presenters, published ''Madventures: Kansainvälisen seikkailijan opas'' (

, 2007). The book is a guidebook for new travelers and gives advice and insight into the world of backpacking. Rantala has studied

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in the

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Awards

In 2010, Riku Rantala was selected as the best male TV-person in the Kultainen TV (literally Golden TV) awards. In the same event, Madventures won the award for best television program. Both awards were decided in a vote by television viewers. In 2012 the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland awarded Rantala and Milonoff for advancing the geographical and global knowledge especially among the young people.

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