 Antti Ruuskanen at Savo Games in Lapinlahti in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Antti Hermanni Ruuskanen |
| Born | 21 February 1984 Pielavesi, Northern Savonia, Finland |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | Javelin throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 88.98 m (291 ft 11 in) (2015) |
Antti Hermanni Ruuskanen (born 21 February 1984) is a retired Finnish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is a European Champion, having won gold in 2014. His personal best is 88.98 metres (291 ft 11 in), which he set in 2015.
Ruuskanen won the bronze medal at the 2003 European Junior Championships and the silver medal at the 2005 European U23 Championships. He was sixth at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
He finished third in London Olympics 2012,[1] but after Oleksandr Pyatnytsya was disqualified as he failed a subsequent doping test,[2] Ruuskanen moved to second place. He received his silver medal in February 2017 during a special ceremony at the 2017 World Nordic Ski Championships in Lahti from the IOC president Thomas Bach.[3]
In 2013, he finished fifth at the World Championships in Moscow.
In 2014, he won the gold medal at the Europeans with a mark of 88.01 m (288 ft 9 in), beating Vítězslav Veselý (84.79 m (278 ft 2 in)) and Tero Pitkämäki (84.40 m (276 ft 11 in)).
In 2016, he won the bronze medal at the Europeans. He competed for Finland at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he placed 6th with a throw of 83.05 metres (272 ft 6 in).[4] He was the flag bearer for Finland during the closing ceremony.[5]
Ruuskanen was a substitute thrower for Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Finland
| |||||
| 2003 | European Junior Championships | Tampere, Finland | 3rd | 72.87 m (239 ft 1 in) | |
| 2005 | European U23 Championships | Erfurt, Germany | 2nd | 76.82 m (252 ft 0 in) | |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 6th | 81.87 m (268 ft 7 in) | |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 9th | 79.46 m (260 ft 8 in) | |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | 84.12 m (276 ft 0 in) | |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 5th | 81.44 m (267 ft 2 in) | |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 1st | 88.01 m (288 ft 9 in) | |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 5th | 87.12 m (285 ft 10 in) | |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3rd | 82.44 m (270 ft 6 in) | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th | 83.05 m (272 ft 6 in) | ||
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 6th | 81.70 m (268 ft 1 in) | |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 28th (q) | 75.05 m (246 ft 3 in) | |
