Eduard Hämäläinen
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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-grandfather had moved from Finland to Russia before 1917 and was later deported to Kazakhstan. He was a frequent competitor in the European Athletics Championships, including the men's decathlon event in 1998.[1] During his career he won three silver medals at World Championships.
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the Soviet Union | |||||
1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 3rd | Decathlon | 7596 pts |
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 7th | Decathlon | 8233 pts |
Representing Unified Team | |||||
1992 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 2nd | Decathlon | 8483 pts |
Representing / Belarus | |||||
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 3rd | Heptathlon | 6075 pts |
Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 1st | Decathlon | 8604 pts | |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | Decathlon | 8724 pts | |
1994 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 1st | Decathlon | 8735 pts |
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | — | Decathlon | DNF | |
1995 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 2nd | Decathlon | 8438 pts |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 2nd | Decathlon | 8489 pts | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 5th | Decathlon | 8613 pts |
Representing Finland | |||||
1997 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 1st | Decathlon | 8617 pts |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 2nd | Decathlon | 8730 pts | |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Decathlon | 8587 pts |
IAAF World Combined Events Challenge | several places | 6th | Decathlon | 24,923 pts | |
2000 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | — | Decathlon | DNF |
2001 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 9th | Decathlon | 8028 pts |
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | — | Decathlon | DNF |
Personal bests[]
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See also[]
- List of nationality transfers in athletics
References[]
- ^ Lautsi, Veikko (August 20, 1998). "Eduard Hämäläinen ottelee avauspäivän jälkeen kärjessä "Ensimmäinen päivä ei ole vielä ratkaiseva"" [Eduard Hämäläinen will play in the lead after the opening day "The first day is not decisive yet"]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved August 1, 2021.
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Categories:
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Karaganda
- Soviet decathletes
- Finnish decathletes
- Belarusian decathletes
- Belarusian people of Finnish descent
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Unified Team
- Olympic athletes of Belarus
- Olympic athletes of Finland
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- CIS Athletics Championships winners
- Soviet athletics biography stubs
- Belarusian athletics biography stubs
- Finnish athletics biography stubs