Timo Tompuri

Timo Antero Tompuri (born 9 June 1969 in Pernå, Finland) is a Finnish discus thrower, who throws for the team Yleisurheilu-Team Sahalahti. Although he was coached by Kari Mattila until 2004, he currently coaches himself. Standing 187 cm tall and weighing in at 120 kg, he is a five-time Finnish champion in discus.

Tompuri started competing in athletics later than most, at the age of 26. He threw the discus more than 60 m for the first time in 1997 and won his first Finnish Championship in the summer of 1998. Tompuri has also won the Finnish Championships in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005; placed second in 1999, 2002 and 2004; and placed third in 2006.

The current Finnish record in discus (69.62 m) was thrown by Tompuri on 8 July 2001 in Helsingborg, Sweden. He also holds the indoor record for discus (63.44 m), which he threw in Helsinki on 5 March 2000. In major competitions, he has never made it past the ninth place he achieved at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics.