Antti Ruuskanen

Antti Hermanni Ruuskanen (born 21 February 1984) is a retired Finnish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.

He finished third in London Olympics 2012,[1] but after Oleksandr Pyatnytsya was disqualified as he failed a subsequent doping test,[2] Ruuskanen moved to second place.

He received his silver medal in February 2017 during a special ceremony at the 2017 World Nordic Ski Championships in Lahti from the IOC president Thomas Bach.

He competed for Finland at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he placed 6th with a throw of 83.05 metres (272 ft 6 in).

[5] Ruuskanen was a substitute thrower for Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics.