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Matti Rajakylä Personal information Full name Matti Rajakylä Nationality 
FinlandBorn August 14, 1984
Kirkkonummi, FinlandHeight 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Weight 87 kilograms (190 lb) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Butterfly, Freestyle Club Helsingfors Simsällskap Medal recordMen's swimming European Championships (SC) Silver 2006 Helsinki 4×50 m medley Bronze 2004 Vienna 4×50 m medley Bronze 2005 Trieste 50 m butterfly Matti Rajakylä (born August 14, 1984 in Kirkkonummi, Finland) is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Finland. He has hold several Finnish national records in both long course and short course. He participated in the Summer Olympics in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
Rajakylä's achievements include the bronze in the 50 m freestyle at the European Junior Championships in Linz, Austria in 2002, the bronze in the 4×50 m medley relay at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Wien, Austria in 2004 and the bronze in the 50 m butterfly at the European SC Championships in Trieste, Italy in 2005 with a time of 23.17.[1] Rajakylä finished third in the semi-finals of 50m butterfly at the European LC Championships 2006 in Budapest, Hungary, but was left on sixth position in the finals.[2]
In December, at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006 in Helsinki, Finland, Rajakylä managed to achieve silver medal status in the men's 4 x 50m medley relay.[3] He came in last in each of his personal finals.[4][5][6]
In April 2009 Rajakylä announced that he quits his swimming career.[7]
Records
Rajakylä has hold Finnish national records in following events:[8][9]
Distance Event Time Location Date 50 m (lc) Freestyle 22.48 Beijing, China August 14, 2008 50 m (sc) Freestyle 21.70 Trieste, Italy December 8, 2005 100 m (sc) Freestyle 48.05 Seinäjoki July 4, 2008 50 m (sc) Butterfly 23.17 Trieste, Italy December 11, 2005 4 x 50 m (sc) Freestyle Relay 1:26.68 Dublin, Ireland December 14, 2003 10 x 50 m (sc) Freestyle Relay 4:02.02 Helsinki March 21, 2004 4 x 200 m (sc) Freestyle Relay 7:26.59 Jyväskylä July 5, 2007 4 x 50 m (sc) Medley Relay 1:34.95 Helsinki December 7, 2006 Rajakylä has also set the world record for the 24-hour swim along with other Finnish swimmers in September 2005.[10]
References
- ^ Information booklet on all Finnish swimmers who took part in the European LC Championships in Budapest 2006 (in Finnish)
- ^ Men's 50m Butterfly Results
- ^ Men's 4x50m Medley Results
- ^ Omega Timing site (1)
- ^ Omega Timing site (2)
- ^ Omega Timing site (3)
- ^ http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/artikkeli/Uimari+Matti+Rajakylä+kyllästyi+ja+lopetti/1135245346235
- ^ http://www.uimaliitto.fi/fi/uinti/ennatykset/se50.pdf
- ^ http://www.uimaliitto.fi/fi/uinti/ennatykset/se25.pdf
- ^ Swimming World Magazine article
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Finnish swimmers
- Medley swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Finland
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- People from Kirkkonummi
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