 Rantanen in 1998 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Heli Orvokki Rantanen | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Lammin likka | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 February 1970 (age 55) Lammi, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68–70 kg (150–154 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Heli Orvokki Rantanen (born 26 February 1970) is a retired Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, [1] setting a new personal best of 67.94 in the first round. She is the first Nordic woman to become an Olympic Champion in athletics.
