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 , which he set in 2015.
Career 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, but after Oleksandr Pyatnytsya was disqualified as he failed a subsequent doping test, 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.
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 , beating Vítězslav Veselý () and Tero Pitkämäki ().
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 . He was the flag bearer for Finland during the closing ceremony.
Ruuskanen was a substitute thrower for Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Competition record Representing 2003European Junior ChampionshipsTampere, Finland3rd2005European U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany2nd2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany6th2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea9th2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom2nd2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia5th2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland1st2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China5th2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands3rdOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil6th2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany6th2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar28th (q)
Seasonal bests by year 2002 – 2003 – 2004 – 2005 – 2006 – 2007 – 2008 – 2009 – 2010 – 2011 – 2012 – 2013 – 2014 – 2015 – 2016 –
References
External links
Antti Ruuskanen's profile in Tilastopaja Antti Ruuskanen's official site