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Jani Valdemar Lehtonen (11 August 1968 – 21 December 2008) was a Finnish pole vaulter. He was born in Mäntsälä and died in Tampere. He finished eleventh at the 1990 European Championships, eighth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships and fifth at the 1993 World Indoor Championships, His personal best vault was 5.82 metres, achieved in June 1993 in Kuortane. This is the current Finnish record. Lehtonen committed suicide in 2008.

References

1. Jarmo Mäkelä (9 January 2009). "Jani Lehtonen 11.8.1968 – 22.12.2008" (in Finnish). Finnish Athletics. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
2. 1992 European Indoor Championships, men's pole vault final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
3. 1993 World Indoor Championships, men's pole vault final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
4. Finnish athletics records Archived 2007-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Jani Lehtonen". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

External links

• Jani Lehtonen at World Athletics

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