Lauri Helle is grateful for every healthy day you can live.
Lauri Helle in the Malaga World Championships in 2018 gold medal around the neck. Ulla Helle
Many can only dream of living at the age of 100. Perniö athletes representing Lauri Helle reached the desired age in May.
In addition to having a long life, Helle has also gained success in sports in recent years, especially in throwing sports.
June 8, shortly after his 100th birthday, Helle broke the world record for the 100-year-old. In the ME result of the ball throw, the Finn set a 5.45 kg instrument to 5.27 meters.
In the five-game match, the 100-year-old ME result was clearly broken with 2,453. The former record was Italian Giuseppe Otavian 1,532 points from 2017.
On the same day, a European record was born in the sledgehammer and the records of Finland and the Nordic countries in the ball and in the reel.
– Yeah, yes, those records have come from this, Helle says when he inquires.
Lauri Helle says her fitness has been built with utility exercise. Ulla Helle
Daughter bought a gift from the ball
Helle says she has started athletic athletic at the age of 90 at the request of her acquaintance. He was not immediately enthusiastic about it, as he worked as a caregiver at those times, which limited leaving home.
– Then my daughter heard about this athletics story and bought me a birthday gift for me.
– The wife sat in the yard in a swing and I pushed the ball. That’s where it all started, Helle says.
The career went on a rapid rise. Helle participated in the first Finnish Championships at the age of 90 in Tampere.
– Surprisingly, there was no really resistance there.
Lauri Helle has toured competitions in Sweden, Denmark, France, Italy and Spain. Photo from the Helsinki Zoo. Ulla Helle
The year was at the time of 2015. When the duo leave Finland, the temperature was 14 degrees.
– I was wearing pants and rubber boots. As we landed in France, the pilot announced that welcome, the outdoor temperature is 38 degrees, Helle recalls.
The Finn did not allow the hot conditions to interfere with their grip and the result was the world championship of his age group.
– It had a great sense of sports party.
Now 22 World Championship medals have already accumulated on the bookshelf. However, he reminds that value metals and success are not the most important thing in sports.
– The first medal meant something, but I have to understand that it is.
-Every day that is healthy is much more important than any medal, the 100-year-old sportsman continues.
In addition to medals, there have been friends around the world from racing trips.
– On my birthday, I received congratulations from abroad. This social side of sports is a pretty nice thing, Helle ponders.
Lauri Helle says she is following sports, especially the biggest events. Ulla Helle
Long and the secret of a healthy life
Helle states that good condition has been achieved through utility exercise, such as mushroom picking and berry.
– The chopping of the trees, the snow bullet, the lawn cuts, he lists.
– I don’t go to the gym and I don’t run.
Helle maintains her fitness by walking the stairs of her two -story home twenty times a week. The chapter does not include staircase walks in daily everyday life.
– There’s something for younger people to do.
Who?
Lauri Helle
- Born 1.5.1925
- Represents Perniö’s athletes
- The throwing match for 100-year-old ME: 2,453 points
- Ball throw (5.45 kg) for 100-year-old ME: 5.27 m
- Sledgehammer (3 kg) 100-year-old European record: 8.36 m
- Ball push (3 kg) Nordic record: 4.63 meters
- Rolling (1 kg) Nordic record: 9.46 meters
Of course, all of the above results are also new Finnish records.