Jimi Pitkämäki won the javelin competition in Seinäjoki.
The 2007 javelin world champion Tero Pitkämäki is now Oliver Helander’s coach. PASI LEISMA
Tero Pitkämäki an eight-year-old boy Jimmy threw a record long arc in the javelin throw on Sunday.
Throwing a 400 gram javelin, the world champion’s son got a result of 35.97 meters. Seinäjoki Seudun Urheilijat says that it is a district record for eight-year-olds and an unofficial world record
No official record is kept of world records for under-17s.
The young javelin thrower also threw the age group world record of 32.36 meters at the age of seven. A boy who turns nine in the summer can set his sights next Kimmo Kinnusen the record result of 44.90 he threw in 1977.
Today the Finnish national team thrower Oliver Helander coaching Tero Pitkämäki told Iltalehte a year ago that he does not put pressure on his son to aspire to become a javelin thrower.
– The boys are keen throwers. I have given a few tips and he has followed them well. He himself has mainly been interested in the sport, Pitkämäki told Iltalehte a year ago.
– There is no systematic throwing activity, and there is no throwing in winter. The child should be involved in a variety of activities: wrestling, skiing, orienteering and playing games. The boy knows how to throw with a really nice technique, but hang in there.