Matti Yrjölä
- Born
- Mar 26, 1938 (88 years old)
- Events
- Shot Put
Matti Manu Ilmari Yrjölä (born March 26, 1938, in Hämeenkyrö, Finland) is a 192 cm tall Finnish shot putter, who represented Kyröskosken Ponsi and weighed 121 kg when competing He was the second Finn to put the shot more than 20 m in an official competition when he put it 20 04 metres in Hämeenkyrö, Finland on August 2, 1972.
His personal best outdoors is 20 84 m, which he put on July 6, 1976, in Kokemäki His personal best indoors of 19.
12 m, which he put in Turku on February 25, 1973, was enough to win him the Finnish Championships that year Internationally, his highest rankings in the European Championships was a fourth place in Athens in 1969 and a 3rd place in the competition between Finland and Sweden in 1973 Yrjölä came from an athletic family: both his father (Paavo Yrjölä) and his uncle (Iivari Yrjölä) competed in the decathlon Yrjölä was one of the first six Finns originally admitted to the 20 meter club when it was founded in April 1983.
As of Nov 13, 2026: Shot Put 20.84 (#239 all-time), 1978 season best 19.18 (Jul 16, 1978, Somero (FIN)) · 88 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | SP | 19.18 | – | Jul 16, 1978 | Somero (FIN) |
| 1977 | SP | 19.48 | – | Aug 23, 1977 | Orivesi (FIN) |
| 1976 | SP | 20.84 | – | Jul 6, 1976 | Kokemäki (FIN) |
| 1975 | SP | 19.40 | – | Sep 10, 1975 | Palermo (ITA) |
| 1974 | SP | 19.74 | – | May 22, 1974 | Tampere (FIN) |
| 1973 | SP | 20.49 | – | Aug 19, 1973 | Lohja (FIN) |
| 1972 | SP | 20.38 | – | Sep 15, 1972 | Tampere (FIN) |
| 1971 | SP | 18.49 | – | Aug 12, 1971 | Helsinki European Championships |