Finland sent 56 athletes to the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

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Results

List of Finnish results, where Athletes reached the Final in that event. (Heats/Quarter-Finals/Semi-Final scores will not be recorded)

Place	Athlete	Event	Result
1	Jukka Keskisalo Jukka Keskisalo Jukka Pekka Sakari Keskisalo is a Finnish athlete competing in 3000 m steeplechase and 1500 m. He won 3000 m steeplechase at the European Championships in Gothenburg, 2006.-Career:...	3,000 m steeplechase M	8.24,89
2	Tero Pitkämäki Tero Pitkämäki Tero Kristian Pitkämäki is a Finnish javelin thrower and the former World Champion. Pitkämäki is known for his rivalry with Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen. The two are very close friends, however...	Javelin M	86.44 m
2	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Olli-Pekka Karjalainen is a Finnish hammer thrower.The 1998 World Junior Champion, Karjalainen is the world junior record holder with 78.33 metres . His personal best throw is 83.30, achieved in July 2004 in Lahti....	Hammer throw M	80.84 m
4	Matti Mononen Matti Mononen Matti Mononen is a Finnish pole vaulter.He finished fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool, despite equalling his personal best vault of 5.65 metres.Currently his personal best is 5.70 metres,...	Pole Vault M	5.65 m
7	Janne Holmén Janne Holmén Janne Sven-Åke Holmén is a former Finnish long-distance runner.Holmén's biggest achievement was winning the marathon event in the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in Munich, Germany, finishing in 2:12:04. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Holmén finished in 22nd place, with...	Marathon M	2.13.10
10	Mikaela Ingberg Mikaela Ingberg Mikaela Johanna Emilia Ingberg is a female javelin thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 64.03 metres, achieved in September 2000 in Berlin. She was nicknamed "Mikke" during her career....	Javelin W	56.70 m
11	Ville Tiisanoja Ville Tiisanoja Ville Johannes Tiisanoja is a 192-cm tall Finnish shot putter who weighs 119 kg and competes for Kenttäurheilijat-58 in Vantaa. His personal best in the men's shot put currently stands at 21.09 m, which he put on July 28, 2002 in the Elite Games in Kuortane, Finland. He is coached by...	Shot Put M	19.48 m
11	Paula Tarvainen Paula Tarvainen Paula Tarvainen, née Huhtaniemi is a Finnish athlete who specializes in the javelin throw. Her personal best was 64.90 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Helsinki.-Achievements:-External links:...	Javelin W	55.59 m

Men

100 m: Jarkko Ruostekivi, Simo Sipilä, Nghi Tran

Nghi Tran

Vinh Nghi Tran is a Finnish sprinter.Tran's personal best at 100 metres, 10.40 seconds, is ranked fifth in Finnish men's alltime-list. On international level he competed in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships.Tran emigrated to Finland in 1988 and he got Finnish citizenship in 1997...

200 m: Tommi Hartonen

Tommi Hartonen

Tommi Mikael Hartonen is a Finnish sprinter. He holds the Finnish national records at men's 100 m and 200 m. His personal trainer is Markus Hartonen...

1500 m: Jonas Hamm

Marathon: Janne Holmén

Janne Holmén

Janne Sven-Åke Holmén is a former Finnish long-distance runner.Holmén's biggest achievement was winning the marathon event in the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in Munich, Germany, finishing in 2:12:04. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Holmén finished in 22nd place, with...

, Jaakko Kero, Francis Kirwa, Tuomo Lehtinen 

3000 m steeplechase: Jukka Keskisalo

Jukka Keskisalo

Jukka Pekka Sakari Keskisalo is a Finnish athlete competing in 3000 m steeplechase and 1500 m. He won 3000 m steeplechase at the European Championships in Gothenburg, 2006.-Career:...

110 m hurdles: Marko Ritola, Olli Talsi, Juha Sonck

50 km walk: Antti Kempas

Antti Kempas

Antti Kempas is a Finnish race walker.He finished eleventh at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. He also competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2005 World Championships....

, Jarkko Kinnunen

Jarkko Kinnunen

Jarkko Juhani Kinnunen is a Finnish race walker. His trainer is Kari Ahonen since 1999.-Achievements:-References:...

High jump: Oskari Frösen

Oskari Frösén

Oskari Frösén is a Finnish high jumper, who won a total of five national titles in the men's high jump event....

, Heikki Taneli

Heikki Taneli

Heikki Taneli is a retired Finnish high jumper.He finished sixth at the 2005 Summer Universiade and competed at the 2006 European Championships without reaching the final. He became Finnish champion in 2006....

, Osku Torro

Osku Torro

Osku Torro is a Finnish high jumper.He was born in Jyväskylä. He competed at the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 European Indoor Championships, the 2010 World Indoor Championships and the 2010 European Championships without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 2.27 metres, achieved...

Pole vault: Matti Mononen

Matti Mononen

Matti Mononen is a Finnish pole vaulter.He finished fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool, despite equalling his personal best vault of 5.65 metres.Currently his personal best is 5.70 metres,...

Shot put: Ville Tiisanoja

Ville Tiisanoja

Ville Johannes Tiisanoja is a 192-cm tall Finnish shot putter who weighs 119 kg and competes for Kenttäurheilijat-58 in Vantaa. His personal best in the men's shot put currently stands at 21.09 m, which he put on July 28, 2002 in the Elite Games in Kuortane, Finland. He is coached by...

, Conny Karlsson, Mika Vasara

Mika Vasara

Mika Tapani Vasara is a male shot putter from Finland.Vasara won his first medal in the Finnish Championships in 2006 when he won the bronze in the indoors championships and silver in the outdoors...

Discus: Mikko Kyyrö

Mikko Kyyrö

Mikko Tapio Kyyrö is a male discus thrower from Finland. His personal best throw is 64.14 metres, achieved on June 29, 2007 in Jalasjärvi....

, Mika Loikkanen

Hammer throw: Olli-Pekka Karjalainen

Olli-Pekka Karjalainen

Olli-Pekka Karjalainen is a Finnish hammer thrower.The 1998 World Junior Champion, Karjalainen is the world junior record holder with 78.33 metres . His personal best throw is 83.30, achieved in July 2004 in Lahti....

, David Söderberg

David Söderberg

David Söderberg is a male hammer thrower from Finland. His personal best throw is 78.83 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Lahti....

Javelin: Tero Pitkämäki

Tero Pitkämäki

Tero Kristian Pitkämäki is a Finnish javelin thrower and the former World Champion. Pitkämäki is known for his rivalry with Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen. The two are very close friends, however...

, Tero Järvenpää

Tero Järvenpää

Tero Mikael Järvenpää is a Finnish javelin thrower. He represents Tampereen Pyrintö on club-level and his coach is his father Pentti Järvenpää.His personal best throw is 86.68 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Tampere....

, Teemu Wirkkala

Teemu Wirkkala

Teemu Sakari Wirkkala is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 87.23 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Joensuu.-Achievements:-References:...

Decathlon: Jaakko Ojaniemi

Jaakko Ojaniemi

Jaakko Ojaniemi is a Finnish decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...

, Lassi Raunio

4 x 100 m: Timo Salonen

Timo Salonen

Timo Salonen is a Finnish former rally driver and the 1985 world champion for Peugeot. It was commented of him that he stood out from other drivers, because he was overweight, wore thick glasses and smoked heavily, but still remained one of the fastest and most competitive drivers in the sport...

, Nghi Tran

Nghi Tran

Vinh Nghi Tran is a Finnish sprinter.Tran's personal best at 100 metres, 10.40 seconds, is ranked fifth in Finnish men's alltime-list. On international level he competed in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships.Tran emigrated to Finland in 1988 and he got Finnish citizenship in 1997...

, Jarkko Ruostekivi, Tommi Hartonen

Tommi Hartonen

Tommi Mikael Hartonen is a Finnish sprinter. He holds the Finnish national records at men's 100 m and 200 m. His personal trainer is Markus Hartonen...

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Women

100 m: Heidi Hannula

200 m: Sari Keskisalo

400 m: Kirsi Mykkänen

Marathon: Maija Oravamäki

100 m hurdles: Johanna Halkoaho

Johanna Halkoaho

Johanna Miia Maria Halkoaho is a Finnish 100m hurdler and long jumper. She is 165 cm tall, and weighs 55 kg , and trains with Suodenniemen Urheilijat. Her highest honours include two medals at the 1996 World Junior Championships, a bronze in long jump and a silver in heptathlon...

, Piia Roslund

400 m hurdles: Ilona Ranta

Long jump: Natalia Kilpeläinen

Triple jump: Natalia Kilpeläinen

Hammer throw: Sini Pöyry

Sini Pöyry

Sini Tuuli Susanne Pöyry is a retired female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.16 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Kaustinen. She was nicknamed "Sintsa".-Achievements:-References:*...

, Merja Korpela

Merja Korpela

Merja Tuulikki Korpela is a female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.56 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Belgrade.She finished fourth at the 2000 World Junior Championships...

Javelin: Mikaela Ingberg

Mikaela Ingberg

Mikaela Johanna Emilia Ingberg is a female javelin thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 64.03 metres, achieved in September 2000 in Berlin. She was nicknamed "Mikke" during her career....

, Kirsi Ahonen, Paula Tarvainen

Paula Tarvainen

Paula Tarvainen, née Huhtaniemi is a Finnish athlete who specializes in the javelin throw. Her personal best was 64.90 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Helsinki.-Achievements:-External links:...

Heptathlon: Niina Kelo, Maija Kovalainen, Salla Käppi

4 x 100 m: Sari Keskitalo, Johanna Manninen, Ilona Ranta, Heidi Hannula

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