FINNISH JAVELIN POWER,ALSO IN WOMEN: HELI RANTANEN OLYMPIC WINNER from FINLAND(SUOMI-FINLAND)

Heli Rantanen

Heli Rantanen (born February 26, 1970 in Lammi) is a Finnish javelin thrower, who won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She won with a throw of 67.94 meters, more than two meters ahead of the silver medalist, Louise McPaul of Australia.

Rantanen was the first Nordic woman to become an Olympic champion in athletics.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
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

[edit] References, external link

• Sporting-heroes.net - [1]

Awards
Preceded by Jari Litmanen	Finnish Sportspersonality of the year 1996	Succeeded by Mika Myllylä
Preceded by Sari Laine	Finnish Sportswoman of the year 1996	Succeeded by Raija Koskinen

[hide] v • d • e Olympic Champions in Women's Javelin Throw 1932: Babe Didrikson (USA) • 1936: Tilly Fleischer (GER) • 1948: Herma Bauma (AUT) •1952: Dana Zátopková (TCH) • 1956: Inese Jaunzeme (URS) • 1960: Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS) •1964: Mihaela Peneş (ROM) • 1968: Angéla Németh (HUN) • 1972: Ruth Fuchs (GDR) •1976: Ruth Fuchs (GDR) • 1980: María Colón (CUB) • 1984: Tessa Sanderson (GBR) •1988: Petra Felke (GDR) • 1992: Silke Renk (GER) • 1996: Heli Rantanen (FIN) •2000: Trine Hattestad (NOR) • 2004: Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) •2008: Barbora Špotáková (CZE)

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