Heli Rantanen
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women's athletics | |||
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| Gold | Atlanta 1996 | Javelin Throw | |
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 Olympic champion in athletics.
[edit] References, external link
- Sporting-heroes.net - [1]
| Olympic champions in women's javelin throw |
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| 1932: Babe Didrikson | 1936: Tilly Fleischer | 1948: Herma Bauma | 1952: Dana Zátopková | 1956: Inese Jaunzeme | 1960: Elvīra Ozoliņa | 1964: Mihaela Peneş | 1968: Angéla Németh | 1972: Ruth Fuchs | 1976: Ruth Fuchs | 1980: María Colón | 1984: Tessa Sanderson | 1988: Petra Felke | 1992: Silke Renk | 1996: Heli Rantanen | 2000: Trine Hattestad | 2004: Osleidys Menéndez |
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