Leo-Pekka Tähti
Leo-Pekka Tähti (born 22 June 1983 in Pori, Finland) is a Finnish athlete and Paralympian competing mainly in category T54 sprint events.
Career
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He won the gold medal in the 100m and 200m events at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. He also competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, winning a gold medal in the men's 100 metres – T54 event and a bronze medal in the men's 200 metres – T54 event. At the 2012 Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre T54 event after recording a new world record 13.63 in the qualifying round.[1] He won a gold medal in the 100 metres T54 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. He won a silver medal in the 100 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
References
[edit]- ^ "Paralympian Leo-Pekka Tähti scoops fourth Athlete of the Year award". yle.fi. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Paralympic athletes for Finland
- Paralympic gold medalists for Finland
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Finland
- World record holders in para-athletics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- World Para Athletics Championships winners
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Finnish male wheelchair racers
- Sportspeople from Pori
- 20th-century Finnish people
- 21st-century Finnish people
- Finnish athletics biography stubs
- European Paralympic medalist stubs
- Finnish sportspeople stubs