Matti Mononen is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 pole vaulter.

He finished fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool, despite equalling his personal best vault of 5.65 metres.

Currently his personal best is 5.70 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Lappeenranta

Lappeenranta

Lappeenranta is a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Finland, about from the Russian border. It belongs to the region of South Karelia. With approximately inhabitants Lappeenranta is the largest city in Finland...

. The Finnish record currently belongs to Jani Lehtonen

Jani Lehtonen

Jani Lehtonen was a Finnish pole vaulter.He finished eleventh at the 1990 European Championships, eighth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships and fifth at the 1993 World Indoor Championships,...

with 5.82 metres.