Antti Ruuskanen

Antti Ruuskanen Hermanni (born 21 February 1984 in Pielavesi ) is a Finnish javelin thrower. London 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, he was in the javelin.

Career

2003 won Ruuskanen in Tampere, the bronze medal at the Junior European Championships. In 2005 he won the silver medal at the U-23 European Championships. At the World Athletics Championships 2009 Ruuskanen with 81.87 m in sixth second best behind Finn Tero Pitkämäki. At the European Championships 2010 in Barcelona Ruuskanen was as a substitute here. The starting positions were Teemu Wirkkala, Tero Pitkämäki and Harri Haatainen and Tero Järvenpää. The greatest success so far recorded Ruuskanen at the 2012 Olympics in London, when he won behind the surprise winner Keshorn Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago and the Ukrainian Oleksandr Pjatnyzja bronze. Ruuskanens residue on a possible gold medal at this time was only 46 centimeters.

Ruuskanens recognized by the IAAF best performance is 87.33 meters, set on 25 May 2008 Kuortane (October 2010). On 16 September 2007, he threw but even 87.88 m in Savonlinna, which he is in the eternal world leaderboard at No. 23 (October 2010). The union is not recognized by the IAAF because he had thrown across the field.

Antti Ruuskanen is 1,90 m tall and has a competition weight of 85 kg. By 2010, he was trained by Antero Puranas, since Aki Parviainen. He starts for the club Pielaveden Sampo from his birthplace Pielavesi in the countryside Savo. In Finnish Championships took Antti Ruuskanen 2009 second place, 2010 and 2011 third place, 2012, he won ahead of Ari Mannio and Tero Pitkämäki first time the title.

Jahresbestleistungen

  • 2002: 66,08 m in Imatra
  • 2003: 72,87 m in Tampere
  • 2004: 75,84 m in Pietarsaari
  • 2005: 79,75 m in Saarijärvi
  • 2006: 84,10 m in Tampere
  • 2007: 87,88 m in Savonlinna
  • 2008: 87,33 m in Kuortane
  • 2009: 85,39 m in Zurich
  • 2010: 83,45 m in Oslo
  • 2011: 82,29 m in Lapinlahti
Finland 2009 World Championships in Athletics 2010 European Athletics Championships Oleksandr Pyatnytsya International Association of Athletics Federations Northern Savonia
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