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. This is the current Finnish record.[4] Lehtonen committed suicide in 2008.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Jarmo Mäkelä (9 January 2009). "Jani Lehtonen 11.8.1968 – 22.12.2008" (in Finnish). Finnish Athletics. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  2. ↑ 1992 European Indoor Championships, men's pole vault final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
  3. ↑ 1993 World Indoor Championships, men's pole vault final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
  4. ↑ Finnish athletics records Archived 2007-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Jani Lehtonen". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 January 2021.


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