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Ari Mannio
* 23 July 1987 Lehtimäki
Present residence: Seinäjoki
185 cm, 100 kg
Club: Lehtimäen Jyske
Coach: Tapio Mannio
Event: Javelin throw
Ari Mannio saved the day for Finnish athletics by winning the host nation’s only medal at
the European Championships in Helsinki in 2012. He made his Olympic debut later that
summer in London. Ari has won three medals at World or European junior championships
and first represented Finland at senior level at the World Championships of 2011 in Dae-
gu. In the same year he also won the javelin throw at the World Military Championships
in Rio de Janeiro. Ari works as a sergeant at the military sports school in Helsinki.
PREVIOUS OLYMPIC GAMES:
2012 11th.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
2005 EurJunCh bronze.
2006 WJunCh silver.
2009 EurU23Ch gold.
2011 WCh 14th.
2012 EurCh bronze.
2015 WCh 14th.
2016 EurCh 19th.
PERSONAL BEST:
86.82 (2015)