Topi Anjala (born 5 July 1984) is a Finnish

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specia ...

competitor. He represented Finland at the 2009

World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (often abbreviated as WOC) is an international orienteering competition which has been organized by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) since 1966. The World Orienteering Championships is considere ...

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, where he placed 15th in the long distance, and won a bronze medal in the ''relay'', together with Tero Föhr and Mats Haldin. His career best personal best is seventh place in the long distance at the 2008 World Championships in the Czech Republic. Anjala has won the Jukola relay in 2016 and 2018. Anjala's parents

Ari Anjala Ari Anjala (born 31 May 1958) is a Finnish orienteering competitor, three times medalist in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships. He received a silver medal in the ''relay event'' in 1979, a bronze medal in 1981, and a bronze medal ...

and

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are also orienteers. Anjala won the

Jukola relay The Jukola Relay is an orienteering relay race held annually in Finland since 1949. Jukola is the biggest orienteering relay event in the world. The race takes place on a Saturday between 13 and 19 June in sites around Finland. The northern ...

twice in 2016 and 2018.

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Topi Anjala
at World of O Runners 1984 births Living people Finnish male orienteers Finnish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub