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Arsi Harju (born March 18, 1974 in Kurikka) is a Finnish shot putter. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with a personal best of 21.39 metres. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ...
Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ...
The Games of the XXVII Olympiad or the Millennium Olympics were held in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. ...
March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ...
1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
Kurikka is a municipality of Finland. ...
Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball, also called the shot, as far as possible. ...
Template:AthleticsAtThe2000SummerOlympics Medal summary Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics events | Athletics at the Olympics | 2000 Summer Olympics ...
Harju is currently a national UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Finland. UNICEF logo The United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946. ...
This is a list of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors. ...
Major achievements
1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
The 1998 European Indoor Championships in athletics were in held in Valencia, a city in Spain. ...
The Hemispheric at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències by Santiago Calatrava, Valencia, Spain. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
Template:AthleticsAtThe2000SummerOlympics Medal summary Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics events | Athletics at the Olympics | 2000 Summer Olympics ...
This is about the city of Sydney in Australia. ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America. ...
{{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Industry Integrity Progress City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada location. ...
2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 18th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Munich a city in Germany. ...
Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German state of Bavaria. ...
2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham,UK between 14 March and 16 March 2003. ...
The city from above Centenary Square. ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...
External links - IAAF profile for Arsi Harju
| Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's Shotput | | Robert Garrett | Richard Sheldon | Ralph Rose | Martin Sheridan | Ralph Rose | Patrick McDonald | Ville Pörhölä | Clarence Houser | John Kuck | Leo Sexton | Hans Woellke | Wilbur Thompson | Parry O'Brien (twice) | Bill Nieder | Dallas Long | Randy Matson | Władysław Komar | Udo Beyer | Vladimir Kiselyov | Alessandro Andrei | Ulf Timmermann | Mike Stulce | Randy Barnes | Arsi Harju | Yuriy Bilonog The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in the US as track and field). It was founded in 1912 at its first Congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. ...
These are the male Olympic medalists in athletics. ...
Robert S. Garrett (born May 24, 1875 in Baltimore County, Maryland; died April 25, 1951) was an American athlete. ...
Ralph Waldo Rose (born March 17, 1885 in Healdsburg, California, deceased October 16, 1913) was an American athlete. ...
Ralph Waldo Rose (born March 17, 1885 in Healdsburg, California, deceased October 16, 1913) was an American athlete. ...
Władysław Komar (April 11, 1940 - August 17, 1998) was a Polish shot put champion. ...
Ulf Timmermann (born November 1, 1962) is a German shot putter who broke many world records during the 1980s and is the first and one of only two people to ever throw over 23 metres (along with Randy Barnes). ...
3-time all American. ...
Randy Barnes (born June 16, 1966) is an American shot putter who holds outdoor and indoor distance records. ...
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