Hannu Siitonen

Hannu Siitonen (born 18 March 1949 in Parikkala ) is a Finnish athlete who was successful in the early 1970s as a javelin thrower.

He could win the Finnish national championship five times in a row:

He had his first international appearance at the European Championships 1971 in Helsinki, where he landed two litters beyond the 80 -meter line and with a capacity of 83.84 m came in at number four -, 38 cm behind the bronze medalist Wolfgang Hanisch from the GDR of a single 80 -meter throw recorded.

The following year he had. During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich even greater pitch In the final, which accounted for the two 90 - meter thrower Klaus Wolfermann and Janis Lusis among themselves, he managed only one valid throw, and who was for the bronze medal, which went with 84.42 m to the American Bill Schmidt, whole 11 cm too short. Again Siitonen remained for only fourth place.

In 1973 at the finals of the European Cup in Edinburgh had Siitonen turn Wolfermann ( 90.68 m) and Lusis ( 88.48 m) to defer them and came up with 84.08 m in third place after the semi- final in Oslo had decided to 89.03 m for itself.

A year later, at the European Championships 1974 in Rome, then beat Siitonens great hour. From three valid Final throws over 80 meters of the furthest was measured with 89.58 m. He won the gold medal ahead of superior Wolfgang Hanisch, with the 85.46 m had more than four meters behind. With its second-best distance of 84.72 meters Siitonen would have won silver, as the third-place finisher, the Norwegian Terje Thor Lund, came to 83.68 m.

In his last active year Siitonen should finally come even to Olympic honors at the 1976 Olympic Games. Against the outstanding Hungary Miklos Nemeth, who set a new world record with 94.58 meters, he did not come on though, defeated with 87.92 m, however, the Romanians Gheorghe Megelea who threw at least 87.16 m. As in Rome Siitonen would still come with his second best throw ( 86.58 m) in the medal ranks.

His personal best of 93.90 meters achieved Siitonen in 1973.

1934: Matti Järvinen | 1938: Matti Järvinen | 1946: Lennart Atterwall | 1950: Toivo Hyytiäinen | 1954: Janusz sídlo | 1958: Janusz sídlo | 1962 Jānis Lūsis | 1966 Jānis Lūsis | 1969 Jānis Lūsis | 1971: Jānis Lūsis | 1974: Hannu Siitonen | 1978: Michael Wessing | 1982: Uwe Hohn | 1986: Klaus panel Meier | 1990: Steve Backley | 1994: Steve Backley | 1998: Steve Backley | 2002: Steve Backley | 2006: Andreas Thorkildsen | 2010: Andreas Thorkildsen | 2012: Vítězslav Vesely

  • Man
  • Athlete (Finland )
  • Olympian (Finland )
  • Javelin Thrower
  • European Champion ( athletics)
  • Born in 1949
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