Antti Ruuskanen FIN

Date of birth: 21 February 84

Age: 36 years 313 days

Height: 190 cm

Weight: 85 kg

Place of birth: Pielavesi

Club/team: Viipurin Urheilijat Helsinki

Javelin Throw Olympic Silver Medallist 2012

Javelin Throw European Champion 2014

Javelin Throw European Bronze Medallist 2016

Javelin Throw 5th at World Championships 2015

Javelin Throw 5th at World Championships 2013

Javelin Throw 6th at Olympic Games 2016

Javelin Throw 6th at World Championships 2009

Javelin Throw World Championships finalist 2011

Javelin Throw European U23 Championships Silver Medallist 2005

Javelin Throw European Junior Championships Bronze Medallist 2003

3 National Titles

Javelin Throw World Alltime no. 28 88.98 Pori 2 Aug 2015

▲PROGRESSION

Personal bests in BOLD.

Javelin Throw

Outdoor Alltime Show/hide

competitions over 87m: 8
2002
Outdoor
66.08	9-19	NC-j	Imatra	3 Aug
2003
Outdoor
72.18	2		Keitele	7 Jun
69.14	3-19		Pihtipudas	3 Jul
72.87	3-19	EJ	Tampere	26 Jul
2004
Outdoor
72.29	13	ECp-w	Marsa	13 Mar
70.17	8		Joensuu	6 Jun
71.45	1		Keitele	13 Jun
69.10	1-22		Pielavesi	17 Jun
70.88	5		Saarijärvi	25 Jun
74.32	2-22		Pihtipudas	3 Jul
73.42	7	SavoG	Lapinlahti	18 Jul
73.17	7qB	NC	Vaasa	31 Jul
71.07	9	NC	Vaasa	1 Aug
75.84	1-22	NC-j	Pietarsaari	8 Aug
72.76	2		Leppävirta	19 Aug
73.41	1-22	Nordic Ch	Fredrikstad	12 Sep
2005
Outdoor
78.63	2		Joensuu	9 Jun
77.80	3		Tampere	12 Jun
79.75	2		Saarijärvi	25 Jun
76.65	2-22		Pihtipudas	8 Jul
78.63	2		Pihtipudas	10 Jul
72.76	3qB-22	EJ	Erfurt	15 Jul
76.82	2-22	EJ	Erfurt	17 Jul
74.28	10	GP	Helsinki	25 Jul
75.13	1		Keitele	4 Aug
78.95	2		Seinäjoki	15 Aug
77.30	1-22	NC-j	Ikaalinen	21 Aug
78.43	3	SWEvFIN	Göteborg/U	28 Aug
2006
Outdoor
82.20	2		Seinäjoki	21 May
73.36	4		Florø	27 May
84.10	1		Tampere	7 Jun
77.71	7		Kuortane	24 Jun
78.77	4		Pihtipudas	9 Jul
81.35	1	SavoG	Lapinlahti	16 Jul
76.47	4q	NC	Jyväskylä	22 Jul
77.66	6	NC	Jyväskylä	23 Jul
76.83	2		Leppävirta	3 Aug
75.82	7		Lahti	17 Aug
77.32	2-22	Nordic Ch	Aarhus	20 Aug
75.27	1-22	NC-j	Helsinki	3 Sep
2007
Outdoor
77.87	2		Kitee	30 Jun
77.13	6		Pihtipudas	8 Jul
80.78	3	SavoG	Lapinlahti	22 Jul
81.74	1		Lahti	25 Jul
79.26	3q	NC	Lappeenranta	4 Aug
80.53	4	NC	Lappeenranta	5 Aug
78.49	3		Kuortane	12 Aug
82.71	1		Joensuu	22 Aug
81.21	1	Flanders	Merksem	25 Aug
82.57	3	SWEvFIN	Göteborg/U	9 Sep
Downhill
87.88	1		Savonlinna	16 Sep
2008
Outdoor
competitions over 87m: 1
87.33	1		Kuortane	25 May
79.25	7	ISTAF	Berlin	1 Jun
80.28	2	Vattenfall	Lapua	8 Jun
78.30	5		Pihtipudas	29 Jun
78.40	8	Vattenfall	Kuortane	6 Jul
80.61	2	Vattenfall	Joensuu	16 Jul
78.41	3	SavoG	Lapinlahti	20 Jul
82.63	1q	NC	Tampere	26 Jul
79.32	4	NC	Tampere	27 Jul
83.53	2	LappeenrG	Lappeenranta	3 Aug
81.44	1		Leppävirta	14 Aug
81.38	1		Orimattila	18 Aug
78.96	4	FINvSWE	Helsinki	30 Aug
2009
Outdoor
78.39	6		Seinäjoki	6 Jun
77.31	9	ISTAF	Berlin	14 Jun
79.89	6		Pihtipudas	28 Jun
75.03	7		Lapua	8 Jul
80.63	1	LappG	Lappeenranta	12 Jul
85.03	2	Vattenfall	Joensuu	22 Jul
81.74	2	SavoG	Lapinlahti	25 Jul
79.56	3q	NC	Espoo	1 Aug
84.64	2	NC	Espoo	2 Aug
78.69	12q	WC	Berlin	21 Aug
81.87	6	WC	Berlin	23 Aug
85.39	2	WK	Zürich	28 Aug
78.17	4	SWEvFIN	Göteborg/U	30 Aug
78.24	6	VD	Bruxelles	4 Sep
2010
Outdoor
83.45	7	Bislett	Oslo	4 Jun
81.34	4	adidas	New York NY	12 Jun
82.58	4	Vattenfall	Kuortane	26 Jun
81.16	1	Vattenfall	Espoo	30 Jun
81.39	4		Pihtipudas	4 Jul
81.08	1	Vattenfall	Lappeenranta	15 Jul
79.37	3	SavoG	Lapinlahti	18 Jul
77.20	1		Varkaus	31 Jul
82.51	1q	NC	Kajaani	7 Aug
81.13	3	NC	Kajaani	8 Aug
77.49	3	JoensuuG	Joensuu	21 Aug
2011
Outdoor
74.28	5	BIGBANK	Tartu	28 May
78.98	3	Vattenfall	Kuortane	25 Jun
80.15	2		Pihtipudas	3 Jul
82.29	1	Vattenfall	Lapinlahti	24 Jul
78.08	2	JoensuuG	Joensuu	27 Jul
82.21	1q	NC	Turku	6 Aug
79.51	3	NC	Turku	7 Aug
81.11	2	LappG	Lappeenranta	13 Aug
81.03	12q	WC	Daegu	1 Sep
79.46	9	WC	Daegu	3 Sep
82.02	1	FINvSWE	Helsinki	9 Sep
2012
Outdoor
competitions over 87m: 1
80.83	3	Oda	Hiroshima	29 Apr
	74.15 74.64 79.57 77.18 80.27 80.83
74.93	5	Super GP	Kawasaki	6 May
82.60	1		Orimattila	30 May
84.95	1		Tampere	10 Jun
81.72	5		Pihtipudas	17 Jun
79.70	2	SavoG	Lapinlahti	8 Jul
79.03	2	LappG	Lappeenranta	18 Jul
	72.40 75.44 76.56 72.37 77.67 79.03
81.63	4		Kuortane	22 Jul
	X 75.10 78.52 X 77.27 81.63
81.74	10q	OG	London	8 Aug
	77.83 81.74 X
84.12	2	OG	London	11 Aug
	79.60 81.09 81.60 81.97 84.12 79.88
79.94	3	DNG	Stockholm/S	17 Aug
	79.26 77.64 X X 79.94 79.20
84.09	1	JoensuuG	Joensuu	18 Aug
76.36	4q	NC	Lahti	25 Aug
	70.73 73.54 76.36
87.79	1	NC	Lahti	26 Aug
	74.69 78.90 79.83 79.60 83.71 87.79
83.36	2	WK	Zürich	30 Aug
	77.86 80.71 80.13 83.36 X X
85.67	2	SWEvFIN	Göteborg/U	2 Sep
	85.28 85.67 85.04 79.08 P 84.08
83.28	1		Parikkala	15 Sep
2013
Outdoor
76.31	7	Diamond	Doha	10 May
	75.02 P X 73.40 74.64 76.31
80.40	2		Pihtipudas	30 Jun
	74.02 76.63 75.49 X 80.40 79.27
79.79	5	Athletissima	Lausanne	4 Jul
	77.79 76.92 X 79.79 77.46 79.55
84.05	1		Orimattila	14 Jul
	X X 84.05 X 79.70 78.84
81.57	2	SavoG	Lapinlahti	21 Jul
	77.65 78.84 X 81.57 X 81.44
79.28	1q	NC	Vaasa	27 Jul
	79.28
82.90	2	NC	Vaasa	28 Jul
	79.93 82.52 82.00 82.90 80.05 X
85.70	2		Kuortane	3 Aug
	77.74 80.63 X 81.11 85.70 84.19
81.36	6q	WC	Moskva	15 Aug
	80.02 81.36 P
81.44	5	WC	Moskva	17 Aug
	77.96 80.32 X X 75.86 81.44
85.04	1	TampereG	Tampere	25 Aug
	82.71 84.18 85.04 80.33 82.21 81.14
85.64	2	Hanzekovic	Zagreb	3 Sep
	80.79 80.09 85.64 80.07 P P
83.64	3	VD	Bruxelles	6 Sep
	80.13 80.69 77.02 82.47 83.64 X
85.07	2	SWEvFIN	Stockholm/S	8 Sep
	78.66 X 77.60 85.07 80.01 80.83
2014
Outdoor
competitions over 87m: 2
78.83	8	Diamond	Shanghai	18 May
	X 78.83 X X 78.54 X
79.58	2		Orimattila	29 May
	X 79.58 X X 78.73 X
83.41	2	Marski	Lappeenranta	4 Jun
	X 78.88 82.88 X 79.41 83.41
82.56	4	Bislett	Oslo	11 Jun
	X X 82.56 76.92 X 81.15
83.23	4	GSpike	Ostrava	17 Jun
	X X 79.56 82.19 81.24 83.23
79.62	1	ETC-1	Tallinn	22 Jun
	78.11 78.06 79.62 76.62
85.28	2	PNG	Turku	25 Jun
	83.54 X 85.28 X 80.66 80.67
82.66	5	Sainsbury's	Glasgow	12 Jul
	76.40 77.29 X 82.66 X 80.24
82.35	3	SavoG	Lapinlahti	20 Jul
	X 74.12 X 78.67 X 82.35
81.97	1q	NC	Kuopio	2 Aug
	81.97
83.70	1	NC	Kuopio	3 Aug
	80.92 82.52 83.70 X X 79.54
83.76	1q	EC	Zürich	14 Aug
	83.76
88.01	1	EC	Zürich	17 Aug
	83.81 86.85 88.01 83.69 84.62 83.67
87.24	1	DNG	Stockholm/S	21 Aug
	83.76 87.24 84.56 P P P
83.85	6	WK	Zürich	28 Aug
	83.85 82.89 82.73 79.88 80.81 X
84.26	1	FINvSWE	Helsinki	31 Aug
	81.43 82.26 84.26 P P 81.58
77.78	8	Cont Cup	Marrakech	14 Sep
	70.84 X 77.78 77.07
2015
Outdoor
competitions over 87m: 3
86.61	2	Diamond	Doha	15 May
	X X 81.40 76.23 X 86.61
85.78	1	Anhalt	Dessau	29 May
	79.22 78.50 78.86 82.98 X 85.78
83.51	1	Marski	Lappeenranta	3 Jun
	81.95 82.13 X P 83.51 79.76
78.42	9	Sainsbury's	Birmingham	7 Jun
	78.42 77.69 77.28
81.84	2	Loiste	Lahti	14 Jun
	X 77.62 81.84 X 78.55 79.27
84.32	4	PNG	Turku	25 Jun
	84.32 79.73 X 80.43 X 81.35
84.15	2	Loiste	Joensuu	23 Jul
	81.23 82.87 X X 81.99 84.15
80.57	2q	NC	Pori	1 Aug
	80.57
88.98	1	NC	Pori	2 Aug
	79.05 84.13 X X 85.02 88.98
87.46	2	Loiste	Kuortane	8 Aug
	78.54 80.58 X X 81.55 87.46
82.20	9q	WC	Beijing	24 Aug
	X 82.20 X
87.12	5	WC	Beijing	26 Aug
	76.24 81.29 87.12 80.63 84.30 X
85.04	1	Eliitti	Tampere	5 Sep
	X 77.44 X 78.52 81.74 85.04
83.34	1	Ruuskanen	Pielavesi	19 Sep
	83.34 X 79.84 X 82.09 X
2016
Outdoor
competitions over 87m: 1
82.31	1	TelefonG	Raasepori	12 Jun
	77.80 76.01 82.31 X X
86.90	2		Kuortane	25 Jun
	83.57 79.15 84.52 79.35 83.58 86.90
83.10	3	PNG	Turku	29 Jun
	82.16 X 80.58 83.07 X 83.10
88.23	1q	EC	Amsterdam	6 Jul
	88.23
82.44	3	EC	Amsterdam	7 Jul
	80.98 82.44 79.54 X P P
82.20	11q	OG	Rio de Janeiro	17 Aug
	82.20 X
83.05	6	OG	Rio de Janeiro	20 Aug
	X 77.81 83.05 X X 80.00
83.34	2	LappG	Lappeenranta	27 Aug
	77.31 X X X 83.34 X
82.69	4	WK	Zürich	1 Sep
	79.79 78.89 80.34 X X 82.69
83.02	2	FINvSWE	Tampere	4 Sep
	X 80.01 83.02 81.80 X X
77.13	2	Ruuskanen	Pielavesi	17 Sep
	76.29 X 77.13 X X X
2018
Outdoor
76.91	1		Oulu	19 Jun
	76.06 X X X 76.91 X
80.79	2		Orimattila	27 Jun
	X 79.83 80.79 X X 76.48
82.59	2	Motonet	Joensuu	4 Jul
	76.71 81.60 82.59 X X P
79.93	11q	EC	Berlin	8 Aug
	X 77.40 79.93
81.70	6	EC	Berlin	9 Aug
	80.13 X 80.38 X 81.70 X
82.03	2		Lappeenranta	23 Aug
	76.00 79.15 80.54 82.03 81.29 X
82.25	1	FINvSWE	Tampere	1 Sep
	78.74 X 80.80 80.23 82.25 X
2019
Outdoor
85.15	1		Raasepori	16 Jun
	74.88 80.12 79.71 X 79.90 85.15
83.37	1		Saarijärvi	23 Jun
	78.38 76.83 83.37 X X X
82.20	1		Pihtipudas	30 Jun
	80.24 X 77.59 82.20 78.14 78.17
77.42	3	SavoG	Lapinlahti	17 Jul
	X 75.05 X 74.73 77.42 76.44
80.79	2		Joensuu	24 Jul
	X 77.00 80.79 X X 78.14
76.67	1q	NC	Lappeenranta	3 Aug
	73.22 73.74 76.67
82.57	2	NC	Lappeenranta	4 Aug
	76.81 75.84 77.98 76.50 82.57 X
75.05	28q	WC	Doha	5 Oct
	72.65 75.05 X
2020
Outdoor
77.79	1q	NC	Turku	15 Aug
	77.79
79.22	2	NC	Turku	16 Aug
	79.22 X 77.31 X 77.64 X
78.84	2	FINvSWE	Tampere	6 Sep
	72.87 76.64 76.73 77.01 78.84 78.67

2002 66.08w

9-19

Imatra

3 Aug

2003 72.87w

3-19

Tampere

26 Jul

2004 75.84w

1-22

Pietarsaari

8 Aug

2005 79.75w

Saarijärvi

25 Jun

2006 84.10w

Tampere

7 Jun

2007 82.71w

Joensuu

22 Aug

2008 87.33w

Kuortane

25 May

2009 85.39w

Zürich

28 Aug

2010 83.45w

Oslo

4 Jun

2011 82.29w

Lapinlahti

24 Jul

2012 87.79w

Lahti

26 Aug

2013 85.70w

Kuortane

3 Aug

2014 88.01w

Zürich

17 Aug

2015 88.98w

Pori

2 Aug

2016 88.23w

Amsterdam

6 Jul

2018 82.59w

Joensuu

4 Jul

2019 85.15w

Raasepori

16 Jun

2020 79.22w

Turku

16 Aug

▲IN MAJOR EVENTS


Outdoor
Javelin Throw
EJ	2003:	3-19	72.87
EJ	2005:	2-22	76.82	3qB-22	72.76
WC	2009:	6	81.87	12q	78.69
WC	2011:	9	79.46	12q	81.03
OG	2012:	2	84.12	10q	81.74
WC	2013:	5	81.44	6q	81.36
Cont Cup	2014:	8	77.78
EC	2014:	1	88.01	1q	83.76
ETC-1	2014:	1	79.62
WC	2015:	5	87.12	9q	82.20
EC	2016:	3	82.44	1q	88.23
OG	2016:	6	83.05	11q	82.20
EC	2018:	6	81.70	11q	79.93
WC	2019:	28q	75.05

▲PERSONAL BESTS

note:click on indoor/outdoor to see PB progression.

Javelin Throw

competitions over 87m: 8

Outdoor

88.98

Pori

2 Aug 2015

▲AVERAGES & 10 BEST RESULTS

Javelin Throw, 10 best results (legal):
88.98	1	Pori	2 Aug 2015
88.23	1q	Amsterdam	6 Jul 2016
88.01	1	Zürich	17 Aug 2014
87.79	1	Lahti	26 Aug 2012
87.46	2	Kuortane	8 Aug 2015
87.33	1	Kuortane	25 May 2008
87.24	1	Stockholm/S	21 Aug 2014
87.12	5	Beijing	26 Aug 2015
86.90	2	Kuortane	25 Jun 2016
86.61	2	Doha	15 May 2015

Average: 87.567

Total results in db: 191

By event:

Javelin Throw:

191

▲IN 2020

position in the world list in brackets following the season's best,
junior list position in green and youth list position in orange.
help: click on competition name or Venue to see competition results.
help: click on placing to see event results in the competition.

Javelin Throw
77.79iw	SB	1q	NC	Turku	NC, Turku	15 Aug
		77.79 SB
79.22iw	SB (44)	2	NC	Turku	NC, Turku	16 Aug
		79.22 SB X 77.31 X 77.64 X
78.84iw		2	FINvSWE	Tampere	FINvSWE, Tampere	6 Sep
		72.87 76.64 76.73 77.01 78.84 78.67

▲TOP 100 WORLD LIST POSITIONS

Season	Ind/Out	Event	Pos	Result
2005	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	36	79.75
2006	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	16	84.10
2007	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	21	82.71
2008	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	4	87.33
2009	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	7	85.39
2010	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	17	83.45
2011	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	30	82.29
2012	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	2	87.79
2013	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	5	85.70
2014	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	3	88.01
2015	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	6	88.98
2016	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	6	88.23
2018	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	26	82.59
2019	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	19	85.15
2020	Outdoor	Javelin Throw	44	79.22

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