Juha Tiainen
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s Athletics | |||
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| 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] External link
- IAAF profile for Juha Tiainen
| Olympic champions in men's hammer throw |
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| 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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