Antero Paljakka (born 1 August 1969) is a retired Finnish athlete who specialised in the

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

. He represented his country at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

and 1993 World Championships. His personal bests in the event are 19.84 metres outdoors (Töysä 1993) and 18.23 metres indoors (Genoa 1992).All-Athletics profile
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International competitions

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1969 births Living people Finnish male shot putters World Athletics Championships athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes from Kouvola 20th-century Finnish sportsmen 21st-century Finnish people Finnish Athletics Championships winners {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub