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| Full name | Mikko Johannes Halvari | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 March 1983 Porvoo, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Decathlon | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Tuusulanjärven Urheilijat (FIN) | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jussi Välimäki | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best | Decathlon: 7,736 points (2010) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mikko Johannes Halvari (born March 4, 1983, in Porvoo) is a Finnish decathlete.[1] He won a bronze medal for his category at the 2002 IAAF World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, with a solid score of 7,587 points.[2] He is also a full-time member of Tuusulanjärven Urheilijat, a local track and field club in Tuusula, and is coached and trained by Jussi Välimäki.
At age twenty-five, Halvari made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in men's decathlon. During the event, he set a personal best of 1.93 metres in the high jump; however, he failed to clear a height in the pole vault, which cost him a chance for a medal. In the end, Halvari finished only in twenty-sixth place, with a total score of 6,486 points.[3]
