Erkki Miinala

Erkki Miinala
Personal information
Full nameErkki Ilmari Miinala
Born (1993-08-21) 21 August 1993
Kemi, Finland
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Medal record
Men's goalball
Representing  Finland
Paralympic Games
2012 London Team

Erkki Ilmari Miinala (born 19 August 1986 in Kemi) is a Finnish goalball player. He began playing at age ten, but did not become serious about the sport until 19. His visual impairment is due to retinitis pigmentosa which is an inherited, degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision impairment. Outside goalball he plays drums in a rock band and works as a transcriber.[1] He was a member of Finland's gold medal-winning men's goalball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[2]

References

  1. ^ "MIINALA Erkki". IPC.infostradasports.com. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Erkki Miinala". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2012.