# Timo Tompuri > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Timo_Tompuri > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Timo_Tompuri.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timo_Tompuri > Source revision: 1337531652 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Finnish discus thrower (born 1969)}} '''Timo Antero Tompuri''' (born 9 June 1969{{cite web |url= http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=136137/index.html |title= Tompuri Timo FIN|author= |date= 1996–2009 |publisher= IAAF |accessdate=February 8, 2010}} in [Pernå](/source/Pern%C3%A5), [Finland](/source/Finland)) is a Finnish [discus thrower](/source/discus), who throws for the team [Yleisurheilu-Team Sahalahti](/source/Yleisurheilu-Team_Sahalahti). Although he was coached by Kari Mattila until 2004, he currently coaches himself. Standing 187 cm tall and weighing in at 120 kg, he is a five-time Finnish champion in [discus](/source/discus). Tompuri started competing in athletics later than most, at the age of 26. He threw the discus more than 60 m for the first time in 1997 and won his first [Finnish Championship](/source/Finnish_Championships_in_Athletics) in the summer of 1998. Tompuri has also won the [Finnish Championships](/source/Finnish_Championships_in_Athletics) in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005; placed second in 1999, 2002 and 2004; and placed third in 2006. The current Finnish record in discus (69.62 m) was thrown by Tompuri on 8 July 2001 in [Helsingborg](/source/Helsingborg), [Sweden](/source/Sweden). He also holds the indoor record for discus (63.44 m), which he threw in [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki) on 5 March 2000. In major competitions, he has never made it past the ninth place he achieved at the [2002 European Championships in Athletics](/source/2002_European_Championships_in_Athletics). ==Doping== Tompuri and [shotput](/source/shotput)ter [Ville Tiisanoja](/source/Ville_Tiisanoja) were caught by the French Customs Authorities in spring 2002 with doping substances (4 ampules of [testosterone](/source/Testosterone_(medication)), 38 tablets of [ephedrine](/source/ephedrine), 44 tablets of [clenbuterol](/source/clenbuterol) and 245 tablets of [melatonin](/source/melatonin)) in their car when they were returning from training in [Spain](/source/Spain);{{cite web |url= http://www.urheiluoikeudenyhdistys.fi/oikeusturvalautakunta/2003_paatokset/2_2003_tiisanoja_ja_tompuri_kilp/ |title= 2/2003 Tiisanoja ja Tompuri; kilpailukielto |trans-title=2/2003 Tiisanoja and Tompuri; competition ban |author= |date= April 16, 2003 |publisher= Legal Protection Board of Sport in Finland |accessdate=February 8, 2010 |language= Finnish}} they denied all involvement and were let off with a warning even though the Legal Protection Board of Sport in Finland stated in their decision that it was extremely unlikely that someone would have been able to stash doping substances that are abused in their sports events in their luggage by accident or without their knowledge. For this reason, the Legal Protection Board did not find it feasible that Tiisanoja and Tompuri were unaware of the doping substances being in their car. ==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan="5"|Representing {{FIN}} |- |1998 |[European Championships](/source/1998_European_Athletics_Championships) |[Budapest, Hungary](/source/Budapest%2C_Hungary) |21st |[57.52 m](/source/1998_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_Discus) |- |2001 |[World Championships](/source/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_discus_throw) |[Edmonton](/source/Edmonton%2C_Alberta), [Canada](/source/Canada) |10th |62.82 m |- |2002 |[European Championships](/source/2002_European_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Munich, Germany](/source/Munich%2C_Germany) |9th |[61.17 m](/source/2002_European_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_Discus) |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{World Athletics}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tompuri, Timo}} Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Finnish men discus throwers Category:Doping cases in the sport of athletics Category:Finnish sportspeople in doping cases Category:People from Pernå Category:Athletes from Uusimaa Category:Finnish Athletics Championships winners Category:20th-century Finnish sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Timo Tompuri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timo_Tompuri) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timo_Tompuri?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.