fullname country event birth_place weight height nationality medaltemplates sport birth_date article_title
seppo henrik räty fin javelin throw helsinki , finland 102 kg lb 1.89 0 finnish sport men 's athletics track and field 27 april 1962 seppo räty

seppo räty

seppo henrik räty -lrb- born 27 april 1962 , in helsinki -rrb- is a finnish javelin thrower .
his personal best throw was 96.96 m in 1991 , which was a world record with the `` new javelin '' at the time , however this throw was made using a modified ` nemeth ' javelin which was banned by the iaaf later that year and all records made using this javelin were retrospectively deleted .
räty 's best throw with the current javelin is 90.60 m in 1992 .
he was world champion in 1987 and an olympic medalist in the javelin throw -lrb- silver 1992 , bronze 1988 and 1996 -rrb- .
he was nicknamed `` tohmajärven karhu '' -lrb- the bear of tohmajärvi -rrb- and `` tohmajärven tykki '' -lrb- the cannon of tohmajärvi -rrb- .
while in the process of winning the 1987 world championships , raty was the subject of an often repeated video of failure .
raty tripped on the runway , his javelin throw sticking in the runway about 30 cm short of the foul line .
while an embarrassing throw for negative gain , in fact since he had not crossed the line it did not even count as a foul .
now räty is coaching another javelin talent from northern karelia , oona sormunen .
