Eemil Porvari

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Eemil Porvari
Personal information
Born (2003-02-02) 2 February 2003 (age 22)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal bestJavelin: 82.69 (2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Finland.svg Finland
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Bergen Javelin throw

Eemil Porvari (born 2 February 2003) is a Finnish javelin thrower. [1]

Career

In 2024, he threw a personal best of 82.69 metres, as he improved his best mark during the year by over eight and a half metres, and made 13 throws over 80 metres in total throughout the season. [2] [3]

He threw 81.55 metres to place fourth at the 2025 European Throwing Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus. [4] [5] [6] He won the bronze medal in the javelin throw at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway with a fourth round throw of 79.88m in the final in July 2025. He had previously been the top qualifier with a throw of 80.26 metres in the preliminary round. [7] [8] [9]

He was runner-up at the Finnkampen tournament in Stockholm in August 2025. [10] He was selected for the Finnish team to compete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [11]

References

  1. "Eemil Porvari". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  2. "Eemil Porvari won the European Championship bronze medal". mtvuutiset.fi. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  3. Salonen, Lauri (14 September 2024). "Suomalaiselta keihäsmieheltä järjetön kehitysloikka: "Kaikki kunnia jumalalle"".
  4. "Porvari sivalsi 81,55 harjoituskauden keskellä ja oli neljäs Nikosiassa: "Hätäistä oli heittäminen"". yleusureheilu.fi. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  5. "Bergen 2025 - Men's Field Preview". European Athletics. 12 Jul 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  6. "European Throwing Cup". World Athletics. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  7. Broadbent, Chris (19 Jul 2025). "Ukraine's Felfner wins javelin in final round and Lauria defends men's shot title". European Athletics. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  8. "The European Championship bronze medalist was upset: "I didn't quite get it right"". Sportti.com. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  9. Broadbent, Chris (17 Jul 2025). "European medallists Topic, Vilagos and Sarâboyukov shine in qualifiers at Bergen 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  10. "Etelätalo Wins Javelin Event". viasport. Aug 24, 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  11. "Friidrottsförbundet kompletterade truppen till VM i Tokyo: bakdörren till VM ännu öppen för ett par idrottare" [Federation completed the squad for the World Championships in Tokyo: the back door to the World Championships is still open for a couple of athletes]. YLE (in Swedish). 28 August 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.