peoplepill id: jarmo-kaernae
Athletics competitor
Jarmo Kärnä
The basics
Quick Facts
Intro
Athletics competitor
Places
is
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Valtimo, North Karelia, Western Finland Province, Finland
Star sign
Age
66 years
The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
Jarmo Kalevi Kärnä (born 4 August 1958 in Valtimo) is a retired Finnish long jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 1992 European Indoor Championships. His personal best was 8.16 metres, achieved in June 1989 in Riga. This mark tied (with Rainer Stenius) for the Finnish record until 2005, when it was eclipsed in the qualification round of the World Championships long jump by Tommi Evilä.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Finland | |||||
1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 16th (q) | 7.70 m (wind: +0.7m/s) | |
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 14th | 7.83 m | |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 10th | 7.82 m | |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 5th | 7.95 m (wind: 0.0m/s) | |
1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 3rd | 7.96 m | |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 25th (q) | 7.55 m (wind: +0.9m/s) |
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article.
The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Jarmo Kärnä is in following lists
By field of work
By work and/or country
comments so far.
Comments
Jarmo Kärnä