Antti Hermanni Ruuskanen (born 21 February 1984) is a retired Finnish
track and field
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athlete who competes in the
javelin throw
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. He is a European Champion, having
won gold in
2014
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. His personal best is 88.98
m, which he set in 2015.
Career
He won the bronze medal at the
2003 European Junior Championships and the silver medal at the
2005 European U23 Championships. He was sixth at the
2009 World Championships in
Berlin
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.
He finished third in
London Olympics 2012
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, but after
Oleksandr Pyatnytsya was disqualified as he failed a subsequent doping test, Ruuskanen moved to second place. He received his silver medal in February 2017 during a special ceremony at the
2017 World Nordic Ski Championships in
Lahti
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from the
IOC
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president
Thomas Bach
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.
In 2013 he finished fifth at the
World Championships in Moscow.
In 2014 he won the gold medal at the
Europeans with a mark of 88.01m, beating
Vítězslav Veselý (84.79m) and
Tero Pitkämäki
Tero Kristian Pitkämäki (born 19 December 1982) is a Finnish retired track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He is a World Champion, having won gold in 2007. His personal best throw of 91.53 m, set in 2005, ranks him elev ...
(84.40m).
In 2016 he won the bronze medal at the
Europeans. He competed for Finland at the
2016 Summer Olympics where he placed 6th with a throw of 83.05 metres. He was the flag bearer for Finland during the closing ceremony.
Ruuskanen is a substitute thrower for Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Competition record
Seasonal bests by year
*2002 - 66.08
*2003 - 72.87
*2004 - 75.84
*2005 - 79.75
*2006 - 84.10
*2007 - 82.71
*2008 - 87.33
*2009 - 85.39
*2010 - 83.45
*2011 - 82.29
*2012 - 87.79
*2013 - 85.70
*2014 - 88.01
*2015 - 88.98
*2016 - 88.23
References
External links
*
Antti Ruuskanen's profile in TilastopajaAntti Ruuskanen's official site
1984 births
Living people
People from Pielavesi
Finnish male javelin throwers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Finland
Olympic silver medalists for Finland
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
European Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships athletes for Finland
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Sportspeople from North Savo
20th-century Finnish people
21st-century Finnish people
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