Juha Tiainen
Finnish hammer thrower
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Nationality | Finnish | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1955-12-05)December 5, 1955 Uukuniemi, Finland | ||||||||||||||
Died | April 27, 2003(2003-04-27) (aged 47) Lappeenranta, Finland | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 108 kg (238 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | Finland | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best | 81.52 m (1984) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Juha Tiainen (December 5, 1955 in Uukuniemi – April 27, 2003 in Lappeenranta) was a hammer thrower from Finland who won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The same year he achieved his personal best throw, 81.52 metres.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 12th | 72.12 m |
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th | 75.60 m |
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, California | 1st | 78.08 m |
1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 18th | 71.16 m |
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 13th | 75.10 m |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 16th | 73.24 m |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 9th | 73.70 m |
External links
- Juha Tiainen at World Athletics
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- 1900: John Flanagan (USA)
- 1904: John Flanagan (USA)
- 1908: John Flanagan (USA)
- 1912: Matt McGrath (USA)
- 1920: Patrick Ryan (USA)
- 1924: Fred Tootell (USA)
- 1928: Pat O'Callaghan (IRL)
- 1932: Pat O'Callaghan (IRL)
- 1936: Karl Hein (GER)
- 1948: Imre Németh (HUN)
- 1952: József Csermák (HUN)
- 1956: Hal Connolly (USA)
- 1960: Vasily Rudenkov (URS)
- 1964: Romuald Klim (URS)
- 1968: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN)
- 1972: Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS)
- 1976: Yuriy Sedykh (URS)
- 1980: Yuriy Sedykh (URS)
- 1984: Juha Tiainen (FIN)
- 1988: Sergey Litvinov (URS)
- 1992: Andrey Abduvaliyev (EUN)
- 1996: Balázs Kiss (HUN)
- 2000: Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)
- 2004: Koji Murofushi (JPN)
- 2008: Primož Kozmus (SLO)
- 2012: Krisztián Pars (HUN)
- 2016: Dilshod Nazarov (TJK)
- 2020: Wojciech Nowicki (POL)
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