Aki Uolevi Parviainen (born 26 October 1974) is a retired Finnish
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...
athlete who competed in the
javelin
A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon, but today predominantly for sport. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand, unlike the sling, bow, and crossbow, which launch projectiles with t ...
throw. He won the
gold medal at the
1999 World Championships and the
silver medal
A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, e ...
at the
2001 World Championships. His best throw of 93.09
m, set in 1999, is the
Finnish record and ranks him
fourth on the overall list. His best Olympic placing was
fifth, which he achieved in
2000
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.
In the spring of 2006, Parviainen announced his retirement due to injuries.
International competitions
Seasonal bests by year
*1990 – 63.50
*1991 – 79.96
*1992 – 80.94
*1993 – 69.94
*1994 – 78.76
*1995 – 85.60
*1996 – 84.96
*1997 – 87.48
*1998 – 90.88
*1999 – 93.09
*2000 – 90.97
*2001 – 92.41
*2002 – 82.48
*2003 – 83.30
*2004 – 79.32
*2005 – 83.79
References
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Tilastopaja
1974 births
Living people
Athletes from Helsinki
Finnish male javelin throwers
Olympic athletes of Finland
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Finland
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships winners
20th-century Finnish people
21st-century Finnish people
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