Markku Tuokko (24 June 1951 – 20 February 2015) was a Finnish

discus thrower The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is an ancient sport, ...

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

ter and teacher. At the 1978 European Championships, Tuokko won the silver medal in discus with a result of 64.90 metres. At the

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, he finished ninth. In Montreal 1976 he didn't make it past the qualifying round. At the 1979 European Indoor Championships, he was fourth in

. He won the Finnish discus throw championship five times (1977 and 1979–1982). His personal best in discus throw was 68.12 metres, achieved in May 1979 in Fresno. It remained the Finnish record until 2001, when Timo Tompuri threw 69.62 m. In shot put his personal best of 20.03 metres, which he threw in August 1979, earned him entrance in the

20 meter club The 20 meter club (''20 metrin kerho'' in Finnish) is an unregistered Finnish association for Finnish shot putters who have put the shot more than in an official competition using a shot for men and a for women. The 20 meter club was founded ...

. In a

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contest in 1977, Tuokko tested positive for doping, along with fellow Finns high jumper Asko Pesonen and javelin thrower Seppo Hovinen. He had a career in education after quitting professional sports.

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1951 births 2015 deaths Sportspeople from Seinäjoki Athletes from South Ostrobothnia Finnish male shot putters Finnish male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Doping cases in athletics Finnish sportspeople in doping cases European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Finland Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade 21st-century Finnish people Finnish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub

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