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Pori
Pori is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäenjoki river, which is the largest in Finland. Pori is the most important town in the Satakunta region....
) is a retired female javelin throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...
er from Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. Her personal best is 64.06 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Pihtipudas
Pihtipudas
Pihtipudas is a municipality of Finland.It is located in northern Central Finland along the highway 4 , about north of Jyväskylä in the province of Western Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...
. She is nicknamed "Taikku".
Achievements
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| 1994 | World Junior Championships 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:-References:* at GBRathletics.com* from World Junior Athletics History... |
Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | 59.02 m |
| European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 10th | 57.20 m | |
| 1996 | Olympic Games Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's javelin throw These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:-Records:-Group A:-Group B:-Final:-See also:*1995 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw... |
Atlanta, United States Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... |
19th | 57.74 m |
| 1997 | European U23 Championships 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships The 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships is the 1997 version of the European Athletics U23 Championships. It was held in the Finnish city of Turku.-Men's Results:-Women's Results:-Medals table:-External links:*... |
Turku, Finland | 1st | 56.48 m |
| 1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 14th | 58.01 m |
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 10th | 59.83 m |
| 2000 | Olympic Games Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, September 29 and Saturday, September 30.... |
Sydney, Australia | 20th | 57.39 m |
| 2001 | World Championships 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw The final of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada was held on Monday August 6, 2001. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes, with the qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres... |
Edmonton, Canada | 12th | 57.21 m |
| 2002 | European Championships 2002 European Championships in Athletics The 18th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 August to 11 August 2002 in the Olympic Stadium of Munich, Germany.-Track:1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |2010 |... |
Munich, Germany | 7th | 59.81 m |
| 2003 | World Championships 2003 World Championships in Athletics The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Track:... |
Paris, France | 10th | 57.50 m |
| 2004 | Olympic Games Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put... |
Athens, Greece | 10th | 60.72 m |
| World Athletics Final 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final The 2nd IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Stade Louis II, in Monte Carlo, Monaco on September 18, and September 19, 2004.The hammer throw event for men and women had to take place in Szombathely, Hungary a week previous as the Monaco stadium was not large enough to hold the event.One of... |
Monte Carlo Monte Carlo Monte Carlo is an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco.... , Monaco Monaco Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the... |
4th | ||
| 2007 | World Championships 2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007... |
Osaka Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
13th | 59.52 m |