Heli Rantanen
Appearance
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Full name | Heli Orvokki Rantanen | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Lammin likka | ||||||||||||||
Born | 26 February 1970 Lammi, Finland | (age 54)||||||||||||||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 68–70 kg (150–154 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Heli Orvokki Rantanen (born 26 February 1970) is a retired Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She was an Olympic Champion, having won gold in 1996.[1] Her winning throw of 67.94 m was more than two metres ahead of the silver medalist. She was the first Nordic woman to become an Olympic Champion in athletics.
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing Finland | ||||
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 19th | 54.02 m |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 6th | 62.34 m |
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 11th | 53.14 m |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 4th | 65.04 m |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 1st | 67.94 m |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 10th | 62.64 m |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 5th | 62.34 m |
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heli Rantanen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Heli Rantanen at World Athletics
- Heli Rantanen at Olympedia (archive)
- Heli Rantanen at Olympics.com
- Heli Rantanen at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)
Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Hämeenlinna
- Finnish female javelin throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Finland
- Olympic gold medalists for Finland
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Finnish Athletics Championships winners
- Finnish athletics biography stubs
- Finnish Olympic medalist stubs