Tommi Hartonen

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Tommi Mikael Hartonen (born May 12, 1977 in Helsinki) is a retired Finnish sprinter. He used to hold the Finnish national records at men's 100 m and 200 m. He won national championship in 100m run four times, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004. He also was 400m champion once. His personal trainer was Markus Hartonen. He is nicknamed Suomen nopein.

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Progression

100m

YearTimeWindCityDate
199811.09+0.2 Tampere 2 June 1998
199910.74+0.9 Raahe 14 August 1999
200010.27+2.0 Lapinlahti 16 July 2000
200110.21 (NR)+0.5 Vaasa 23 June 2001
200210.35-0.1 Stockholm, Sweden 16 July 2002
200310.31+0.3 Turku 15 June 2003
200410.45-0.6 Turku 9 June 2004
200510.41+1.2 Kuortane 26 June 2005
200610.60+1.5 Turku 26 June 2006
200810.77+0.8 Lempäälä 10 July 2008

200 m

YearTimeWindCityDate
199421.71-0.5 Tuusula 10 July 1994
199521.57-0.3 Helsinki 27 August 1995
199621.54+0.2 Parkano 20 June 1996
199721.57+1.9 Lohja 17 August 1997
199821.87+0.1 Turku 1 July 1998
199921.31+1.7 Raahe 15 August 1999
200020.47 (NR)-0.2 Sydney, Australia 27 September 2000
200120.57+1.1 Edmonton, Canada 7 August 2001
200220.77+0.0 Lappeenranta 18 August 2002
200320.84-0.1 Helsinki 6 September 2003
200420.98-0.2 Tallinn, Estonia 21 July 2004
200520.59+1.8 Helsinki 9 August 2005
200621.22+1.8 Gothenburg, Sweden 9 August 2006
200821.48-1.3 Helsinki/E8 July 2008

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