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Toni Piispanen

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Toni Piispanen
Medal record
Men's Paralympic athletics
Representing  Finland
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 100 m T51
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 200 m T51
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 100 m T51
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lyon 100 m T51
Gold medal – first place 2019 Dubai 100 m T51
Silver medal – second place 2011 Christchurch 100 m T51
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lyon 200 m T51
Silver medal – second place 2015 Doha 100 m T51
Silver medal – second place 2017 London 100 m T51
Silver medal – second place 2019 Dubai 200 m T51
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Christchurch 200 m T51
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Doha 400 m T51
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Swansea 100 m T51
Gold medal – first place 2014 Swansea 400 m T51
Gold medal – first place 2021 Bydgoszcz 100 m T51
Silver medal – second place 2016 Grosseto 100 m T51
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin 100 m T51
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin 200 m T51
Silver medal – second place 2021 Bydgoszcz 200 m T51
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Grosseto 400 m T51

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.[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]

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