Tero Tiitu
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Tero Tiitu 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...

 floorball
Floorball
Floorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s in Sweden. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The game is played...

 player currently playing for Salibandyseura Viikingit in Salibandyliiga
Salibandyliiga
The Salibandyliiga is the top floorball league in the country of Finland. There are men's and women's divisions, and the winner at the end of each season is presented with a national championship. The league was founded in 1986, but has only been referred to as the salibandyliiga since 1994...

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Tiitu is the holder of the Salibandyliiga's one season goal scoring record of 63 goals. Swedish floorball magazine Innebandymagazinet chose him as the world's second best player in 2008 and third best in 2006. He was picked as the player of the year in Salibandyliiga after the 2007-2008 season.

Tiitu has appeared in over 80 international games. He won the 2008 Floorball World Championship
2008 Men's World Floorball Championships
The 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships were the seventh world championships in men's floorball. The tournament was held from December 6th to December 14th, 2008. The tournament took place in the cities of Prague and Ostrava...

 and scored the winning goal in overtime against Sweden. He has also won two silver medals at the World Championships in 2002
2002 Men's World Floorball Championships
The 2002 Men's World Floorball Championships were the fourth worldchampionships in men's floorball. It was held from 18 May 2002 to 25 May 2002 in Finland...

 and 2006
2006 Men's World Floorball Championships
The 2006 Men's Floorball Championships were the sixth world championships in men's floorball. It was held in May 2006 in Sweden, with the host country defeating Finland in sudden victory in the gold medal game. Sweden thus continued its tradition of winning these championships, but for the first...

 and a bronze medal in 2004
2004 Men's World Floorball Championships
The 2004 Men's Floorball Championships were the fifth world championships in men's floorball. It was held in May 2004 in Switzerland, and won by Sweden.-Group A:-Group B:-Final round:-Semi-finals:-Bronze medal match:...

. He was selected in the All-stars team of the 2006 World Championships.
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