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in June 2018 and began rehabilitation in August of that year. He recovered from the injury and did not experience pain during practice, but felt that the functionality of the knee had reduced significantly. He said his throws in summer 2019 were around 75 m, and that he did not believe he was capable
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won both gold and silver for
Finland. Afterwards, Pitkämäki competed in a youth competition in Koskenkorva (Ilmajoki), where he threw the javelin 22 metres, 10 metres ahead of the runner-up. He regularly practiced throwing at home, once piercing his neighbour's roof.
601:. His 11 wins over the season, including the World Champion title, Golden League in Oslo and Paris, and his season best, also best in Europe, 91.23 meter throw, were the factors for choosing him. In December, Pitkämäki was voted
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with the result 83.01 m and has since developed into one of the world's leading javelin throwers. As of August 2005, he had thrown 91.53 m, hence he was one of the favorites at the
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Pitkämäki was born on 19 December 1982. He is from the rural village of
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579:. Sdiri was rushed to a local Rome hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
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Stadium, Tero Pitkämäki threw a javelin too far left and hit French long jumper
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Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
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On 5 October 2007, Tero Pitkämäki was honored with the
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Finnish javelin champion Tero Pitkämäki calls it quits
640:. Pitkämäki had planned to finish his career at the
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1454:World best year performance in men's javelin throw
814:"Tero Pitkämäki wins javelin silver in Gothenburg"
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874:"Finn Pitkamaki goes big to claim javelin gold"
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2715:Finnish Sports Personality of the Year
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784:. iaaf.org. Retrieved on 28 May 2015.
584:2007 World Championships in Athletics
550:2005 World Championships in Athletics
3417:Sportspeople from South Ostrobothnia
3402:European Athlete of the Year winners
3372:Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
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977:. 11 September 2015. Archived from
499:. His personal best throw of 91.53
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2222:European Athlete of the Year (men)
846:"Accident overshadows Powell show"
794:Mäkelä, Juho (26 September 2020).
782:Athlete profile for Tero Pitkamaki
638:2019 World Athletics Championships
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882:. London. Archived from
521:1991 World Championships
85:92 kg (203 lb)
2997:Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
1045:(registration required)
481:Tero Kristian Pitkämäki
143:Achievements and titles
16:Finnish javelin thrower
3407:Diamond League winners
1613:Konstadinos Gatsioudis
772:. sports-reference.com
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563:July 2007, during the
404:European Championships
264:European Championships
35:Tero Pitkämäki in 2014
800:Maaseudun Tulevaisuus
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3342:People from Ilmajoki
3149:Marko Yli-Hannuksela
2917:Mona-Lisa Pursiainen
642:2020 Summer Olympics
607:cross-country skiing
546:2004 Summer Olympics
41:Personal information
3189:Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
3181:Satu Mäkelä-Nummela
3141:Hanna-Maria Seppälä
2480:Christophe Lemaitre
2452:Andreas Thorkildsen
1808:Andreas Thorkildsen
1662:Andreas Thorkildsen
1648:Andreas Thorkildsen
1291:Andreas Thorkildsen
886:on 5 September 2007
575:in the side of the
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248:World Championships
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2885:Kaarlo Kangasniemi
2670:Jakob Ingebrigtsen
2655:Jakob Ingebrigtsen
1557:Kazuhiro Mizoguchi
984:on 12 January 2016
946:. 19 December 2007
918:on 17 October 2007
879:Guardian Unlimited
826:on 7 December 2006
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2853:Eero Mäntyranta
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2813:Juhani Järvinen
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2797:Olavi Vuorisalo
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2789:Antti Hyvärinen
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2781:Voitto Hellstén
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2765:Veikko Karvonen
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2606:Karsten Warholm
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