Tommy Uolevi Ekblom (born 20 September 1959 in

Porvoo Porvoo (; ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located on the south coast of the country, on the Gulf of Finland. Porvoo lies in the eastern part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Porvoo is approximately , while the Porvoo sub-region, sub-re ...

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from

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. He twice competed for his native country at the

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(1980 and 1984) in the men's 3000 metres

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. Ekblom set his personal best (8.19.40) in that event in 1983. He also coached

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, another Finnish steeplechaser, who became the European Champion in

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1959 births Living people Sportspeople from Porvoo Athletes from Uusimaa Finnish male long-distance runners Finnish male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Finland Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade Finnish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub