Markus Pöyhönen

Markus Pöyhönen (born 25 October 1978, in Vantaa) is a Finnish former track and field athlete, who specialised in the 100m sprint. Pöyhönen's trainer during his active career was Atte Pettinen.

At the 2002 European Championships in Athletics he became the first Finnish male in history to reach the 100 m sprint final in an international championship event. He finished fifth in the race, though years later Dwain Chambers was disqualified and Pöyhönen's final position was fourth.

He finished seventh in the 60 metres final at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.

His 100 m personal best, also set in 2002, is 10.23 seconds; 0.02 s shy of the Finnish national record.

Progression

(100 m)

YearTimeWindCityDate
199910.88+1.3Raahe14 August 1999
200010.56+1.8Kouvola5 August 2000
200110.42+1.2Jämsänkoski29 July 2001
200210.23+1.7Joensuu20 July 2002
200310.26+1.2Turku23 July 2003
200510.38+0.3Krugersdorp, South Africa15 January 2005
200610.76+1.8Tampere7 June 2006



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