Pentti Sinersaari
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Pentti Olavi Sinersaari is a former track and field
athlete from Finland
who competed in the men's javelin throw
event. He finished sixth at the 1980 Summer Olympics
, and won Finnish Championship
twice, in year 1980 and 1983. He set the world's best year performance in 1979, throwing 93.84 metres at a meet in Auckland, New Zealand on 1979-01-27.
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
athlete from Finland
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...
who competed in the men's javelin throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...
event. He finished sixth at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw
The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entrylist of 18 competitors, with one qualifying group before the final took place on Sunday July 27, 1980...
, and won Finnish Championship
Finnish Championships in Athletics
The Finnish Championships in Athletics, which are known as Kalevan kisat in Finnish, were first held in Tampere in 1907. Since then, they have been held in a different location every year...
twice, in year 1980 and 1983. He set the world's best year performance in 1979, throwing 93.84 metres at a meet in Auckland, New Zealand on 1979-01-27.