Timo Antero Aaltonen (born 11 April 1969) is a 189-cm tall Finnish

shot putter The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival (1896), and women's competition beg ...

who weighs 130 kg and competes for

Turun Urheiluliitto Turun Urheiluliitto (TuUL) is a sports club from Turku, Finland that was founded in 1901. The club includes sports teams for cross-country skiing, bowling, volleyball, ice skating, boxing, cycling, triathlon, gymnastics, and track and field. The c ...

, which is the same club that

Paavo Nurmi Paavo Johannes Nurmi (; 13 June 1897 – 2 October 1973) was a Finland, Finnish middle-distance running, middle-distance and long-distance running, long-distance runner. He was called the "Flying Finn" because he dominated distance running in th ...

ran for. He competed and won a

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...

at the 2000 European Indoor Athletics Championships with a qualifying put of 20.57 m and a final put of 20.62 m. Aaltonen was the 13th member to be inducted into 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 ...

after he putted the shot 20.12 m in a competition on 20 June 1998 in

Kuortane Kuortane is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The neighboring municipalities of Kuortane are ...

, Finland.

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* 1969 births Living people People from Vehmaa Finnish male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes from Southwest Finland 21st-century Finnish sportsmen 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{finland-athletics-bio-stub