Juha Tiainen
Finnish hammer thrower
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best | 81.52 m (1984) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Representing ![]() | ||||
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
- v
- t
- e
- 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)
![]() ![]() ![]() | This article about a Finnish Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
![]() ![]() | This biographical article relating to Finnish athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e