Timo Antero Tompuri (born June 9, 1969 in

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) is a Finnish

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, who throws for the team Yleisurheilu-Team Sahalahti. Although he was coached by Kari Mattila until 2004, he currently coaches himself. Standing 187 cm tall and weighing in at 120 kg, he is a five-time Finnish champion in discus. Tompuri started competing in athletics later than most, at the age of 26. He threw the discus more than 60 m for the first time in 1997 and won his first

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in the summer of 1998. Tompuri has also won the Finnish Championships in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005; placed second in 1999, 2002 and 2004; and placed third in 2006. The current Finnish record in discus (69.62 m) was thrown by Tompuri on July 8, 2001 in

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, Sweden. He also holds the indoor record for discus (63.44 m), which he threw in

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on March 5, 2000. In major competitions, he has never made it past the ninth place he achieved at the

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Doping

Tompuri and

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ter

Ville Tiisanoja Ville Johannes Tiisanoja (born 24 December 1975 in Vantaa, Finland) is a 192-cm (6' 4") tall Finnish shot putter who weighs 119 kg (260 lbs) and competes for Kenttäurheilijat-58 in Vantaa. His personal best in the men's shot put curren ...

were caught by the French Customs Authorities in spring 2002 with doping substances (4 ampules of

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, 38 tablets of

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, 44 tablets of

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and 245 tablets of

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) in their car when they were returning from training in

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; they denied all involvement and were let off with a warning even though the Legal Protection Board of Sport in Finland stated in their decision that it was extremely unlikely that someone would have been able to stash doping substances that are abused in their sports events in their luggage by accident or without their knowledge. For this reason, the Legal Protection Board did not find it feasible that Tiisanoja and Tompuri were unaware of the doping substances being in their car.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tompuri, Timo 1969 births Living people Finnish male discus throwers Doping cases in athletics Finnish sportspeople in doping cases People from Pernå Sportspeople from Uusimaa Finnish Athletics Championships winners