Juha Tiainen

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Medal record
Juha Tiainen
Juha Tiainen
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for Flag of Finland Finland
Olympic Games
Gold 1984 Los Angeles Hammer Throw

Juha Tiainen (born December 5, 1955 in Uukuniemi – died April 28, 2003 in Lappeenranta) was a former 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.


[edit] Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, California 1st
1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 13th
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 9th


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Olympic champions in men's hammer throw
1900: John Flanagan • 1904: John Flanagan • 1908: John Flanagan • 1912: Matt McGrath • 1920: Patrick Ryan • 1924: Fred Tootell • 1928: Pat O'Callaghan • 1932: Pat O'Callaghan • 1936: Karl Hein • 1948: Imre Németh • 1952: József Csermák • 1956: Harold Connolly • 1960: Vasily Rudenkov • 1964: Romuald Klim • 1968: Gyula Zsivótzky • 1972: Anatoliy Bondarchuk • 1976: Yuriy Sedykh • 1980: Yuriy Sedykh • 1984: Juha Tiainen • 1988: Sergey Litvinov • 1992: Andrey Abduvaliyev • 1996: Balázs Kiss • 2000: Szymon Ziółkowski • 2004: Koji Murofushi
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