Matti Rajakylä is a former freestyle

Freestyle swimming

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 and butterfly

Butterfly stroke

The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...

 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

2004 Summer Olympics

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 and Beijing 2008

2008 Summer Olympics

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.

Rajakylä's achievements include the bronze in the 50 m freestyle at the European Junior Championships in Linz

Linz

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, Austria

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 in 2002, the bronze in the 4×50 m medley relay at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Wien

Wien

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, Austria in 2004 and the bronze in the 50 m butterfly at the European SC Championships in Trieste

Trieste

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, Italy

Italy

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 in 2005 with a time of 23.17. Rajakylä finished third in the semi-finals of 50m butterfly at the European LC Championships 2006 in Budapest

Budapest

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, Hungary

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, but was left on sixth position in the finals.

In December, at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006

European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006

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 in Helsinki

Helsinki

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, Finland, Rajakylä managed to achieve silver medal status in the men's 4 x 50m medley relay. He came in last in each of his personal finals.

In April 2009 Rajakylä announced that he quits his swimming career.

Records

Rajakylä has hold Finnish national records in following events:

Distance	Event	Time	Location	Date
50 m (lc)	Freestyle	22.48	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...	August 14, 2008
50 m (sc)	Freestyle	21.70	Trieste, Italy	December 8, 2005
100 m (sc)	Freestyle	48.05	Seinäjoki Seinäjoki Seinäjoki is a city located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798. Seinäjoki became a municipality in 1868, market town in 1931 and town in 1960...	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 Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	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 Jyväskylä Jyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland and the largest city on the Finnish Lakeland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, on northern coast of lake Päijänne. The city has been continuously one of the most rapidly growing cities in Finland since World War II. The city is surrounded...	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.