Tiina Lillak

Ilse Kristiina " Tiina " Lillak ( born April 15, 1961 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish athlete. She was the first world champion in the javelin. At a height of 1.80 m, they had a competition weight of 73 kg.

With 19 years Tiina Lillak failed in the 1980 Olympic Games as Fourteenth qualifying. In 1982, she presented the end of July in her hometown with 72.40 meters on her first world record, it was the first for a Finnish thrower ever. At the European Championships in 1982 in Athens, she was charged with 66.26 meters Fourth. European champion was the Greek Anna Verouli. The third-placed Greek Sofia Sakorafa threw the end of September with 74.20 meters set a new world record.

On 13 June 1983, Tiina Lillak brought in Tampere with 74.76 the world record back. On August 13, 1983, in Helsinki, the javelin finals of the first World Championships for athletes instead. Before the last round, the British Fatima Whitbread led before Tiina Lillak and Anna Verouli, Fourth was another Briton, namely Tessa Sanderson. With the penultimate throw of the competition Tiina Lillak managed a throw of 70.82 meters, with which they took the lead. The Finnish audience already celebrated with Tiina Lillak the first world title for Finland, while Tessa Sanderson threw. But Sanderson could not sit on the 60 -meter mark the final attempt of the competition.

At the Olympic Games in 1984 Tiina Lillak won with just 69.00 meters silver medal behind Sanderson and before Whitbread. 1986 at the European Championships to Lillak threw 66.66 meters in 4th place, they had almost 10 meters behind Fatima Whitbread. At the World Championships in 1987 again won the Whitbread, Lillak was 66.82 meters Sixth. 1988 missed Lillak as Fifteenth qualifying the Olympic final. 1990 at the European Championships with 58.80 meters Lillak was ninth, while her compatriot Päivi Alafrantti won.

List of world champions in athletics

Athlete (Finland )
Olympian (Finland )
World Champion ( athletics)
Javelin Thrower
Born in 1961
Woman
Sportsman of the Year (Finland )

1982 European Athletics Championships June 13 1983 World Championships in Athletics 1986 European Athletics Championships 1987 World Championships in Athletics 1988 Summer Olympics 1990 European Athletics Championships

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