Leo Roininen
Canadian javelin thrower and shot putter
Leo Johannes Roininen (16 July 1928 – 21 April 2002)[1] was a Canadian javelin thrower and shot putter who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Toronto and died in Sudbury.[2]
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Commonwealth Games champions in men's javelin throw
- 1930: Stan Lay (NZL)
- 1934: Bob Dixon (CAN)
- 1938: Jim Courtright (CAN)
- 1950: Leo Roininen (CAN)
- 1954: James Achurch (AUS)
- 1958: Colin Smith (ENG)
- 1962: Alf Mitchell (AUS)
- 1966: John FitzSimons (ENG)
- 1970: Dave Travis (ENG)
- 1974: Charles Clover (ENG)
- 1978: Phil Olsen (CAN)
- 1982: Mike O'Rourke (NZL)
- 1986: David Ottley (ENG)
- 1990: Steve Backley (ENG)
- 1994: Steve Backley (ENG)
- 1998: Marius Corbett (RSA)
- 2002: Steve Backley (ENG)
- 2006: Nick Nieland (ENG)
- 2010: Jarrod Bannister (AUS)
- 2014: Julius Yego (KEN)
- 2018: Neeraj Chopra (IND)
- 2022: Arshad Nadeem (PAK)
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