Juha-Matti Räsänen
born: 19.5.1974
height: 198 cm
weight: 135 kg
hometown: Kuopio, Finland

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2006
2nd Finland's Championships
3rd Team-WC (with Tomi Lotta)
Guinness World Record 2 times: throwing
of 60 kg man. Current record 5.40 m was
made in Spain at July.
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2005
1st World Strongest Team Olympics, Hungary
(With Juha-Pekka Aitala)
3rd Scandinavian Championships
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2004
2nd Finland's Championships 2004
6th World Cup Latvia
6th EC 2004
4th St-Martin Team
3rd Poland
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2003
1st Finland's Championships 2003
3rd Vantaa Challenge
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2002
1st Finland's Championships 2002
2nd China GB 2002
6th WSM 2002
1st Team-WC 2002
3rd Vantaa Challenge 2002
5th Atlantic Giants 2002
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2001
9th WSM 2001 (Zambia)
1st Karibian GP 2001
1st Team-WC 2001
1st WSM Team Olympics 2001
2nd Finland's Championships 2001
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2000
American Hercules 2000 1.
Finnish Open 2000 3.
Finlands Strongest Men 1999 & 2000 3.
Finnish arm-wrestling 2000 1.
Team EC-Silver 2000 In Kokkola
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1999
In 1999 The third strongest man in Finland
and Finnish Champion in arm-wrestling
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1998
In 1998 FC open series 12th.
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1997
In 1997 under 100kg bronze, open series 25th.
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1996
- My first race was 1996 february 21nd
in Konnevesi. I came last..
- In 1996 under 100kg Finlands
championships sixth.
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1995
- I started strenght practicing in 1995.
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