HELANDER Oliver

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (80.36)

European Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2018	Berlin, GER	Qual. (76.64)

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
5	2021	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	80.82

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2019	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	84.84
8	2018	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	75.22

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Olle (apu.fi, 22 Jul 2018)

Finnish, Swedish

IF Raseborg [Finland]

Glenn Lignell [club]

His father Jan Helander played handball at club level in Finland. (apu.fi, 22 Jul 2018; iltalehti.fi, 03 Jun 2018)

In 2018 he injured his right shoulder. The following year he resumed competing but was then diagnosed with a small rupture in the shoulder's infraspinatus. In January 2020 he underwent shoulder surgery and was able to resume training four months later. (svenska.yle.fi, 19 May 2020; iltalehti.fi, 04 Oct 2019; iltalehti.fi, 04 Oct 2019)

In 2016 he required elbow surgery. (iltalehti.fi, 03 Jun 2018)

He took up javelin throw at age 10. (iltalehti.fi, 03 Jun 2018)

He was a keen handball player at school, but he switched to javelin after he had an elbow operation in 2016. "I thought I had a better chance of succeeding as a javelin thrower than a handball player." (iltalehti.fi, 03 Jun 2018)

Danish handball player Mikkel Hansen. (iltalehti.fi, 03 Jun 2018)