Tero is pictured above during the final of the men's Javelin at the 2006 European Championships
in Gothenburg. He won the silver medal with a throw of 86.44m, his first medal at a major championship.
Norway's Andreas Thorkildsen won the gold and the incomparable Jan Zelezny the bronze.
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Men's Javelin Final.
European Athletics Championships 2006.
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| 1. Andreas THORKILDSEN |
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NOR |
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88.78 |
| 2. Tero PITKAMAKI |
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FIN |
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86.44 |
| 3. Jan ZELEZNY |
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CZE |
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85.92 |
| 4. Vadims VASILEVSKIS |
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LAT |
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83.21 |
| 5. Ainars KOVALS |
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LAT |
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81.65 |
| 6. Peter ESENWEIN |
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GER |
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81.11 |
| 7. Stefan MULLER |
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SWI |
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80.87 |
| 8. Aleksandr IVANOV |
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RUS |
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80.09 |
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