Jani Lehtonen

Jani Valdemar Lehtonen (11 August 1968 – 21 December 2008)^[1] was a Finnish pole vaulter. He was born in Mäntsälä and died in Tampere. He finished eleventh at the 1990 European Championships, eighth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships^[2] and fifth at the 1993 World Indoor Championships,^[3] His personal best vault was 5.82 metres, achieved in June 1993 in Kuortane. This is the current Finnish record.^[4] Lehtonen committed suicide in 2008.^[5]