Tomas Mikael Järvinen (born 21 October 2005) is a Czech-Finnish multi-event athlete. He won the decathlon at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships.[1]
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| Nationality | Czech | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 October 2005 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint, Long jump, Decathlon | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
editHe was born in Czech republic, lived first few years in Finland, but than moved to the Czech Republic when he was four years-old. He played football and tennis as a youngster before focusing on athletics in his teenage years.[2]
Career
editHe set a world leading U20 indoor score of 5993 points in winning the heptathlon at the Czech Indoor Championships in Prague in February 2024.[3]
He won the gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in the decathlon, with a championship record of 8425 points. This tally was 10 points lower than Niklas Kaul’s world U20 record moved Jarvinen to second place on the world U20 all-time list. Not only did he win the overall tally, he scored rbe best marks in five out of the ten events, and set personal bests in the discus and 1500 metres.[4][5]
Personal life
editHe has a Finnish father and a Czech mother and has dual citizenship.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Tomas Jarvinen". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Finland is losing the great promise of athletics". iltalehti.fi. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Tomas Järvinen, 18, took the top result in the world statistics". Etusuora. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Jarvinen threatens world U20 decathlon record to get gold in Lima". World Athletics. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Český desetibojař Järvinen ovládl juniorské MS v rekordu šampionátu". idnes.cz. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Tomas Järvinen won the World Youth Championship gold in 10 matches and broke the age group world record". yle.fi. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.