Jali Mäkilä (born 22 April 1965

Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...

) is a sailor from

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, who represented his country at the

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as helmsman in the

Soling The Soling is an Keelboat, open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 Olympics until the Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Olympics as "Sa ...

. With crew members

Eki Heinonen Erkki Tapani "Eki" Heinonen (born 8 July 1967) is a sailor from Vaasa, Finland, who represented his country at the Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Soling, 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia as crew member in the Soling. With helm ...

and Sami Tamminen they took the 15th place.

References

1965 births Living people Finnish male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors for Finland Sportspeople from Turku 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-yachtracing-bio-stub