Eduard Hämäläinen

Eduard Hämäläinen

Personal information
Born	21 January 1969
Medal record Men’s Athletics Competitor for  Belarus World Championships Silver 1993 Stuttgart Decathlon Silver 1995 Gothenburg Decathlon World Indoor Championships Bronze 1993 Toronto Heptathlon Competitor for  Finland World Championships Silver 1997 Athens Decathlon European Championships Silver 1998 Budapest Decathlon

Eduard Hämäläinen (born 21 January 1969 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired decathlete from Finland and Belarus.

He originally competed for the Soviet Union and then Belarus after the Soviet dissolution, but changed nationality. His great-grandparents were deported from Finland to Turkestan in 1917. During his career he won three silver medals at World Championships.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Soviet Union
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	3rd	Decathlon
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	7th	Decathlon
Representing  Unified Team
1992	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	2nd	Decathlon
Representing /  Belarus
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	3rd	Heptathlon
	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	1st	Decathlon
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	Decathlon
1994	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	1st	Decathlon
1995	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	2nd	Decathlon
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	Decathlon
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	5th	Decathlon
Representing  Finland
1997	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	1st	Decathlon
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	Decathlon
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	Decathlon
	IAAF World Combined Events Challenge	several places	6th	Decathlon
2000	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	DNF	Decathlon
2001	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	9th	Decathlon
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	DNF	Decathlon

Personal bests

See also

• List of nationality transfers in athletics

External links

• Eduard Hämälainen profile at IAAF