Vesa Rantanen (born 2 December 1975 in
Jalasjärvi
Jalasjärvi is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the town of Kurikka on 1 January 2016.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Jalasjärvi was (30 June ...
) is a retired
Finnish pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...
er.
He competed at the World Championships in
1997
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and
1999
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, the
2002 European Championships and the
2004 Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
without ever reaching the final.
His personal best vault is 5.72 metres, achieved in July 2001 in
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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, postal ...
. The Finnish record currently belongs to
Jani Lehtonen
Jani Valdemar Lehtonen (11 August 1968, in Mäntsälä – 22 December 2008, in Tampere) was a Finnish pole vaulter.
He finished eleventh at the 1990 European Championships, eighth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships and fifth at the 1993 ...
with 5.82 metres.
Finnish athletics records
Competition record
References
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1975 births
Living people
People from Jalasjärvi
Finnish male pole vaulters
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Finland
Sportspeople from South Ostrobothnia
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