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Leo-Pekka Tähti

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Leo-Pekka Tähti

Leo-Pekka Tähti at Paris Athletics Paralympic Meeting in 2014
Medal record
Track and field (T54)
Representing  Finland
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 100 m - T54
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 200 m - T54
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 100 m - T54
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 100 m - T54
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 200 m - T54
IPC Athletics World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Christchurch 100 m - T54
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lyon 100 m - T54
Silver medal – second place 2011 Christchurch 200 m - T54
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lyon 200 m - T54
Silver medal – second place 2015 Doha 100 m - T54
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Assen 100 m - T54
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Assen 200 m - T54
IPC Athletics European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Swansea 100 m - T54
Silver medal – second place 2014 Swansea 400 m - T54

Leo-Pekka Tähti (born 22 June 1983, Pori, Finland) is an athlete and Paralympian from Finland competing mainly in category T54 sprint events.

He won the gold medal in the 100m and 200m events at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. He also competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, winning a gold medal in the men's 100 metres - T54 event and a bronze medal in the men's 200 metres - T54 event. In the 2012 Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre T54 event after recording a new world record 13.63 in the qualifying round.

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