Toni Piispanen

Toni Piispanen
Personal information
NationalityFinnish
Born (1976-07-24) 24 July 1976
Sport
SportPara-athletics
Wheelchair rugby
T51
ClubEspoon Tapiot
Coached byJari Nordblom
Heini Sistonen
Teemu Janhunen
Marko Hyytiäinen
Rauno Saunavaara
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing  Finland
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2012 London100 m T51
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo200 m T51
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo100 m T51
Silver medal – second place2024 Paris200 m T51
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris100 m T51
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Lyon100 m T51
Gold medal – first place2019 Dubai100 m T51
Silver medal – second place2011 Christchurch100 m T51
Silver medal – second place2013 Lyon200 m T51
Silver medal – second place2015 Doha100 m T51
Silver medal – second place2017 London100 m T51
Silver medal – second place2019 Dubai200 m T51
Silver medal – second place2023 Paris200 m T51
Bronze medal – third place2011 Christchurch200 m T51
Bronze medal – third place2015 Doha400 m T51
Bronze medal – third place2023 Paris100 m T51
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Swansea100 m T51
Gold medal – first place2014 Swansea400 m T51
Gold medal – first place2021 Bydgoszcz100 m T51
Silver medal – second place2016 Grosseto100 m T51
Silver medal – second place2018 Berlin100 m T51
Silver medal – second place2018 Berlin200 m T51
Silver medal – second place2021 Bydgoszcz200 m T51
Bronze medal – third place2016 Grosseto400 m T51

Toni Piispanen (born 24 July 1976) is a Finnish Paralympic athlete.

Career

He started as an able-bodied karate competitor and became disabled due to an accident that injured his spinal cord at a karate show in 1993. This accident occurred in Lahti in front of hundreds of spectators. After that he played Wheelchair rugby for fifteen years before switching to wheelchair racing in 2008.[1] He is a world record holder in his classification.[2] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won gold in the men's T-51 class 100-metre wheelchair sprint.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "IPC bio". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. ↑ IPC Records
  3. ↑ Helsingin Sanomat
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