| Birth Name: | Antti Hermanni Ruuskanen |
| Birth Date: | 21 February 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Pielavesi, Northern Savonia, Finland |
| Weight: | 86kg (190lb) |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | Javelin throw |
| Pb: | 88.98m (291.93feet) (2015) |
Antti Hermanni Ruuskanen (born 21 February 1984) is a retired Finnish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is a European Champion, having won gold in 2014. His personal best is 88.98m (291.93feet), which he set in 2015.
Ruuskanen won the bronze medal at the 2003 European Junior Championships and the silver medal at the 2005 European U23 Championships. He was sixth at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
He finished third in London Olympics 2012,[1] but after Oleksandr Pyatnytsya was disqualified as he failed a subsequent doping test,[2] Ruuskanen moved to second place. He received his silver medal in February 2017 during a special ceremony at the 2017 World Nordic Ski Championships in Lahti from the IOC president Thomas Bach.[3]
In 2013, he finished fifth at the World Championships in Moscow.
In 2014, he won the gold medal at the Europeans with a mark of 88.01m (288.75feet), beating Vítězslav Veselý (84.79m (278.18feet)) and Tero Pitkämäki (84.4m (276.9feet)).
In 2016, he won the bronze medal at the Europeans. He competed for Finland at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he placed 6th with a throw of 83.05m (272.47feet).[4] He was the flag bearer for Finland during the closing ceremony.[5]
Ruuskanen was a substitute thrower for Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | European Junior Championships | Tampere, Finland | 3rd | 72.87m (239.07feet) | |
| 2005 | European U23 Championships | Erfurt, Germany | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 76.82m (252.03feet) |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 6th | 81.87m (268.6feet) | |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 9th | 79.46m (260.7feet) | |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 84.12m (275.98feet) |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 5th | 81.44m (267.19feet) | |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 88.01m (288.75feet) |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 5th | 87.12m (285.83feet) | |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3rd | 82.44m (270.47feet) | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th | 83.05m (272.47feet) | ||
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 6th | 81.7m (268feet) | |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 28th (q) | 75.05m (246.23feet) | |