Toni Piispanen, Date of Birth

    

Toni Piispanen

Paralympic racer

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1976

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Toni Piispanen

  • Toni Piispanen (born 24 July 1976) is a Paralympic athlete for Finland.
  • He started as an able-bodied karate competitor and became disabled due to an accident that injured his spinal cord at a karate show in 1993.
  • This accident occurred in Lahti in front of hundreds of spectators.
  • After that he played Wheelchair rugby for fifteen years before switching to wheelchair racing in 2008.
  • He is a world record holder in his classification.
  • At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won gold in the men’s T-51 class 100-metre wheelchair sprint.

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