Career
Partanen"s club is Lappeenrannan Urheilumiehet. Partanen competed at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, where he was 41th at 50 kilometres. At the 2014 European Championships, in Zürich, Partanen was 18th.
His time was 3.52.58.
Partanen"s original name was Veli-Matti, but he changed his name to Aku because everyone called him Aku. 50 kilometres race walk: 3.49.02 (Dudince 2015).
