Seppo Henrik R�ty is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw was 96.96 m in 1991, which was a world record with the "new javelin" at the time, however this throw was made using a modified 'Nemeth' javelin which was banned by the IAAF later that year and all records made using this javelin were retrospectively deleted. R�ty's best throw with the current javelin is 90.60 m in 1992. He was World Champion in 1987 and an Olympic medalist in the javelin throw. He was nicknamed "Tohmaj�rven karhu" and "Tohmaj�rven tykki". While in the process of winning the 1987 World Championships, Raty was the subject of an often repeated video of failure. Raty tripped on the runway, his javelin throw sticking in the runway about 30 cm short of the foul line. While an embarrassing throw for negative gain, in fact since he had not crossed the line it did not even count as a foul. Now R�ty is coaching another javelin talent from Northern Karelia, Oona Sormunen. 

April 27th, 1962 in Helsinki (Age 62)