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Toni Piispanen
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	24 July 1976 (age 48)
Sport
Sport	Para-athletics ; Wheelchair rugby ;
Disability class	T51
Club	Espoon Tapiot
Coached by	Jari Nordblom ; Heini Sistonen ; Teemu Janhunen ; Marko Hyytiäinen ; Rauno Saunavaara
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing Finland
Paralympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

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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

^ "IPC bio". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
^ IPC Records
^ Helsingin Sanomat

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[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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-{{MedalSport | Men's [[Paralympic athletics]] }}
+| name             = Toni Piispanen
+| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|7|24}}
+| birth_place      =
+| nationality      = [[Finland|Finnish]]
+| sport            = [[Para-athletics]] <br> [[Wheelchair rugby]] <br>
+| event            =
+| club             = Espoon Tapiot
+| coach            = Jari Nordblom <br> Heini Sistonen <br> Teemu Janhunen <br> Marko Hyytiäinen <br> Rauno Saunavaara
+| disability_class = [[T51 (classification)|T51]]
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+{{MedalGold | [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Tokyo]] | [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metres T51|200 m T51]] }}
-{{MedalCompetition|[[File:IPC logo (2004).svg|25px]] [[IPC Athletics World Championships|World Championships]]}}
+{{MedalSilver | 2020 Tokyo | [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T51|100 m T51]] }}
+{{MedalSilver | [[2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris]] | [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metres T51|200 m T51]] }}
+{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T51|100 m T51]]}}
+{{MedalCompetition| [[World Para Athletics Championships|World Championships]]}}
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-{{MedalSilver | [[2013 IPC Athletics World Championships|2013 Lyon]] | [[2013 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m T51]] }}
+{{MedalSilver | 2013 Lyon | [[2013 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m T51]] }}
 {{MedalSilver | [[2015 IPC Athletics World Championships|2015 Doha]] | [[2015 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 100 metres|100 m T51]] }}
 {{MedalSilver | [[2017 World Para Athletics Championships|2017 London]]|[[2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|100&nbsp;m&nbsp;T51]]}}
-{{MedalBronze | [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships|2011 Christchurch]] | [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m T51]] }}
+{{MedalSilver | 2019 Dubai|[[2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|200&nbsp;m&nbsp;T51]]}}
-{{MedalBronze | [[2015 IPC Athletics World Championships|2015 Doha]] | [[2015 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 400 metres|400 m T51]] }}
+{{MedalSilver | [[2023 World Para Athletics Championships|2023 Paris]]|[[2023 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|200&nbsp;m&nbsp;T51]]}}
-{{MedalCompetition| [[File:IPC logo (2004).svg|25px]] [[IPC Athletics European Championships|European Championships]] }}
+{{MedalBronze | 2011 Christchurch | [[2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m T51]] }}
+{{MedalBronze | 2015 Doha | [[2015 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 400 metres|400 m T51]] }}
+{{MedalBronze | 2023 Paris|[[2023 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|100&nbsp;m&nbsp;T51]]}}
+{{MedalCompetition| [[World Para Athletics European Championships|European Championships]] }}
+{{MedalGold | [[2014 IPC Athletics European Championships|2014 Swansea]] | [[2014 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 100 metres|100 m T51]] }}
+{{MedalGold | 2014 Swansea | [[2014 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 400 metres|400 m T51]] }}
+{{MedalGold | [[2021 World Para Athletics European Championships|2021 Bydgoszcz]] | [[2021 World Para Athletics European Championships – Men's 100 metres|100 m T51]] }}
+{{MedalSilver | [[2016 IPC Athletics European Championships|2016 Grosseto]] | [[2016 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 100 metres|100 m T51]] }}
 {{MedalSilver | [[2018 World Para Athletics European Championships|2018 Berlin]] | [[2018 World Para Athletics European Championships – Men's 100 metres|100 m T51]] }}
-{{MedalSilver | [[2018 World Para Athletics European Championships|2018 Berlin]] | [[2018 World Para Athletics European Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m T51]] }}
+{{MedalSilver | 2018 Berlin | [[2018 World Para Athletics European Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m T51]] }}
+{{MedalSilver | 2021 Bydgoszcz | [[2021 World Para Athletics European Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m T51]] }}
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+{{MedalBronze | 2016 Grosseto| [[2016 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 400 metres|400 m T51]] }}
+}}
+'''Toni Piispanen''' (born 24 July 1976) is a Finnish [[Paralympic athlete]].
-'''Toni Piispanen''' (born 24 July 1976) is a Paralympic athlete for Finland. 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.<ref>[http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=904106 IPC bio]</ref> He is a world record holder in his classification.<ref>[http://www.paralympic.org/Athletics/Results/Records IPC Records]</ref> At the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] he won gold in the men’s [[T51 (classification)|T-51 class]] 100-metre wheelchair sprint.<ref>[http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Four+medals+in+quick+succession+at+Paralympics/1329104734618 Helsingin Sanomat]</ref>
+==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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=904106 |title=IPC bio |access-date=9 September 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023604/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=904106 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a world record holder in his classification.<ref>[http://www.paralympic.org/Athletics/Results/Records IPC Records]</ref> At the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] he won gold in the men's [[T51 (classification)|T-51 class]] 100-metre wheelchair sprint.<ref>[http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Four+medals+in+quick+succession+at+Paralympics/1329104734618 Helsingin Sanomat]</ref>
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