Tero Järvenpää
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Tero Järvenpää in Osaka 2007.
Tero Mikael Järvenpää (born 2 October 1984 in Tampere) is a Finnish javelin thrower. He represents Tampereen Pyrintö on club-level and his coach is his father Pentti Järvenpää.
His personal best throw is 86.68 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Tampere.
Seasonal bests by year[]
- 2003 - 80.45
- 2004 - 80.13
- 2005 - 84.05
- 2006 - 84.95
- 2007 - 84.35
- 2008 - 86.68
- 2009 - 82.65
- 2010 - 83.81
- 2011 - 80.10
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2001 | World Youth Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 3rd | Javelin (700g) | 68.82 m |
2003 | European Junior Championships | Tampere, Finland | 2nd | Javelin | 73.66 m |
2005 | European U23 Championships | Erfurt, Germany | 5th | Javelin | 75.25 m |
Universiade | Izmir, Turkey | 2nd | Javelin | 79.61 m | |
2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 17th (q) | Javelin | 75.21 m |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 8th | Javelin | 82.10 m |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, PR China | 4th | Javelin | 83.95 m |
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 11th | Javelin | 75.57 m |
References[]
Categories:
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Tampere
- Finnish male javelin throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Finland
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade silver medalists for Finland
- Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade
- Finnish athletics biography stubs