Jani Valdemar Lehtonen (11 August 1968 – 21 December 2008)[1] was a Finnish pole vaulter.
He was born in Mäntsälä and died in Tampere.
He finished eleventh at the 1990 European Championships, eighth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships[2] and fifth at the 1993 World Indoor Championships,[3] His personal best vault was 5.82 metres, achieved in June 1993 in Kuortane.
[4] Lehtonen committed suicide in 2008.
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