Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
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Olli-Pekka Karjalainen is a Finnish former hammer thrower. The 1998 World Junior Champion, Karjalainen is the world junior record holder with 78.33 metres. His personal best throw and the Finnish reco
Karjalainen in Gothenburg 2006
Hammer throw
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The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin.
The traditional Highland games version of the event
Thrower inside a hammer cage, with the markings for the throwing circle and the throwing sector visible on the ground
Scottish hammer throw illustration from Frank R. Stockton's book Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy
John Flanagan in the hammer throw competition at the Summer Olympics 1908 in London