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Markku Niinimäki is a Paralympian
athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...
from Finland competing mainly in category F54
shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...
and javelin events. Markku has competed in two Paralympic Games. In
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he competed in the javelin and won a bronze medal in the F54 shot put. In
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he won a silver in the combined F53/54 shot put and a gold in the F53/54 javelin.


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* Paralympic athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Finland Paralympic silver medalists for Finland Paralympic bronze medalists for Finland Living people Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Finnish male javelin throwers Finnish male shot putters {{Finland-Paralympic-medalist-stub