Eemil Porvari
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| Born | 2 February 2003 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Javelin: 82.69 (2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Eemil Porvari (born 2 February 2003) is a Finnish javelin thrower.[1]
Biography
In 2024, he threw a personal best of 82.69 metres, as he improved his best mark during the year by over eight and a half metres, and made 13 throws over 80 metres in total throughout the season.[2][3]
He threw 81.55 metres to place fourth at the 2025 European Throwing Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus.[4][5][6] He won the bronze medal in the javelin throw at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway with a fourth round throw of 79.88m in the final in July 2025. He had previously been the top qualifier with a throw of 80.26 metres in the preliminary round.[7][8][9]
He was runner-up at the Finnkampen tournament in Stockholm in August 2025.[10] He was selected for the Finnish team to compete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, throwing 78.51 metres without advancing to the final.[11][12]
In August 2026, he competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in the javelin throw.[13]
References
- ↑ "Eemil Porvari". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
- ↑ "Eemil Porvari won the European Championship bronze medal". mtvuutiset.fi. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
- ↑ Salonen, Lauri (14 September 2024). "Suomalaiselta keihäsmieheltä järjetön kehitysloikka: "Kaikki kunnia jumalalle"".
- ↑ "Porvari sivalsi 81,55 harjoituskauden keskellä ja oli neljäs Nikosiassa: "Hätäistä oli heittäminen"". yleusureheilu.fi. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
- ↑ "Bergen 2025 - Men's Field Preview". European Athletics. 12 Jul 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
- ↑ "European Throwing Cup". World Athletics. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ Broadbent, Chris (19 Jul 2025). "Ukraine's Felfner wins javelin in final round and Lauria defends men's shot title". European Athletics. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
- ↑ "The European Championship bronze medalist was upset: "I didn't quite get it right"". Sportti.com. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
- ↑ Broadbent, Chris (17 Jul 2025). "European medallists Topic, Vilagos and Sarâboyukov shine in qualifiers at Bergen 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
- ↑ "Etelätalo Wins Javelin Event". viasport. Aug 24, 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- ↑ "Friidrottsförbundet kompletterade truppen till VM i Tokyo: bakdörren till VM ännu öppen för ett par idrottare" [Federation completed the squad for the World Championships in Tokyo: the back door to the World Championships is still open for a couple of athletes]. YLE (in Swedish). 28 August 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.