Teijo Kööpikkä
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Born | 7 October 1980[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Para-athletics |
| Disability | Spinal muscular atrophy |
| Disability class | F57 |
Event | shot put |
Medal record | |
Teijo Kööpikkä (born 7 October 1980) is a Finnish para athlete specializing in shot put. He represented Finland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Career
Kööpikkä made his World Championships debut at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships and won a bronze medal in the shot put F57 event with a personal best throw of 14.8 metres.[2]
In May 2024, he competed at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a bronze medal in the shot put F57 event.[3] In September 2024, he represented Finland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and finished in fourth place in the shot put F57 event with a throw of 14.18 metres.[4]
Kööpikkä competed at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships and won a bronze medal in the shot put F57 event.[5] He was originally in fourth place, but protests were made about the competition. The three longest throws of Brazil's Thiago Paulino dos Santos, who was second on the results list, were disallowed, which dropped him to fifth place, and as a result promoted Kööpikkä to third.[6]
Personal life
Kööpikkä was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy in 2005.[7] He is married and has two sons.[8]
References
- ^ "Teijo Kööpikkä". paralympic.org. Retrieved 4 October 2025. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
- ^ "Teijo Kööpikän kunto mureni ja voima katosi niin, ettei hän päässyt enää edes varpailleen". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 7 July 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ "Kööpikkä won the World Championship bronze medal". e-gate.io. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ "PARIISI 2024: Teijo Kööpikkä pistesijalle neljänneksi paralympialaisten kuulafinaalissa". paraurheilu.fi (in Finnish). 6 September 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ "New Delhi 2025: Day eight medallists". paralympic.org. 4 October 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ "Teijo Kööpikkä yllättäen kiinni MM-mitalissa – kuulakisasta jätetty useita protesteja" (in Finnish). Yle. 4 October 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ "Kuulamiehen toinen tuleminen" (in Finnish). Yle. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ "Kanalinhelmi on paraurheilija Teijo Kööpikän yhteistyökumppani". laakarikeskuskanalinhelmi.fi (in Finnish). 9 August 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.