Risto Ilmari Ulmala (born 7 May 1963 in

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) is a Finnish former long-distance runner. Risto Ulmala's best achievement was 7th place in 5000 meters at World Championships 1991. In

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he was 6th in 5000 meters 1990 and 7th in 1994. After his track running career he competed in road races and marathons in

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. He was 13th in

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1995 and participated in Olympic marathon 1996. After his athletics career he lived in Colorado

and continued to run in miscellaneous races throughout the

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. In 2008 he returned to

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and coached

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for one year. The coaching relationship between the two ended once Jukka Keskisalo ran in Berlin in 2009.

Personal bests

*1500m 3:41.66 (

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15.8.1991) *Mile 4:03.34 (

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12.7.1989) *3000m 7:44.5 (

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13.8.1991) *5000m 13:21.90 (

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5.8.1991) *10000m 27.53.00 (

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10.9.1991) *Half marathon 1:03:12 (

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1991) *Marathon 2:13:58 (

12.11.1995)

Competition record

References

External links

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Tilastopaja profile for Risto Ulmala (in Finnish)
1963 births Living people Athletes from Helsinki Finnish male long-distance runners Finnish male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic male marathon runners Finnish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub