"THE FINNISH POWER and WORLD CHAMPION: SEPPO RÄTY from FINLAND(SUOMI-FINLAND)

Seppo Räty

Medal record
Seppo Räty
Men's Athletics
Competitor for Finland
Olympic Games
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Javelin
Bronze	1988 Seoul	Javelin
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Javelin
World Championships
Gold	1987 Rome	Javelin
Silver	1991 Tokyo	Javelin
European Championships
Silver	1994 Helsinki	Javelin

Seppo Henrik Räty (born 27 April 1962, in Helsinki) is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw was 96.96 m in 1991, which was a world record at the time, however this throw was made using a modified 'Nemeth' javelin which was banned by the IAAF later that year and all records made using this javelin were retrospectively deleted. Räty's best throw with the current javelin is 90.60 m in 1992. He was World Champion in 1987 and an Olympic medalist in the javelin throw (silver 1992, bronze 1988 and 1996). He was nicknamed "Tohmajärven karhu" (The Bear of Tohmajärvi) and "Tohmajärven tykki" (The Cannon of Tohmajärvi).

Now Räty is coaching another javelin talent from Northern Karelia, Oona Sormunen.

[edit] References

• Photo
• Sports Reference Profile

[edit] External links

IAAF profile for Seppo Räty

[show] v • d • e World Champions in Men's Javelin Throw 1983: Detlef Michel (GDR) • 1987: Seppo Räty (FIN) • 1991: Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) • 1993: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1995: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1997: Marius Corbett (RSA) • 1999: Aki Parviainen (FIN) • 2001: Jan Železný (CZE) • 2003: Sergey Makarov (RUS) • 2005: Andrus Värnik (EST) • 2007: Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) • 2009: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)

[show] v • d • e World Best Year Performance in Men's Javelin Throw 1971: Jānis Lūsis (URS) • 1972: Jānis Lūsis (URS) • 1973: Klaus Wolfermann (FRG) • 1974: Hannu Siitonen (FIN) • 1975: Miklós Németh (HUN) • 1976: Miklós Németh (HUN) • 1977: Miklós Németh (HUN) • 1978: Michael Wessing (FRG) • 1979: Pentti Sinersaari (FIN) • 1980: Ferenc Paragi (HUN) • 1981: Detlef Michel (GDR) • 1982: Bob Roggy (USA) • 1983: Tom Petranoff (USA) • 1984: Uwe Hohn (GDR) • 1985: Uwe Hohn (GDR) • 1986: Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) • 1987: Jan Železný (TCH) • 1988: Jan Železný (TCH) • 1989: Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) • 1990: Steve Backley (GBR) • 1991: Seppo Räty (FIN) • 1992: Steve Backley (GBR) • 1993: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1994: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1995: Raymond Hecht (GER) • 1996: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1997: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1998: Aki Parviainen (FIN) • 1999: Aki Parviainen (FIN) • 2000: Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE) • 2001: Jan Železný (CZE) • 2002: Sergey Makarov (RUS) • 2003: Sergey Makarov (RUS) • 2004: Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) • 2005: Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) • 2006: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2007: Breaux Greer (USA) • 2008: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2009: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)

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