Juha Lauri Laukkanen (born 6 January 1969 in Pielavesi) is a retired male javelin thrower from Finland. His personal best throw is 88.22 metres, achieved in June 1992 in Kuortane. Remarkably, two of Laukkanen's throws have resulted in injuries to officials. In the 1994 Bislett Games in Oslo his throw resulted in a judge being impaled in his arm by the javelin. In 1998 at an athletics festival in Riederich, Germany another one of his throws seriously injured an official when it pierced him in the stomach.
Seasonal bests by years 1987 - 79.46 1988 - 65.54 1992 - 88.22 1993 - 82.98 1994 - 81.66 1995 - 82.54 1996 - 87.12 1997 - 87.10 1998 - 86.96 1999 - 85.53 2000 - 82.35 2001 - 85.40 2002 - 78.93
Achievements Representing 1986World Junior ChampionshipsAthens, Greece19th (q)65.02 m1988World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 10th65.54 m1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain 6th79.20 m 1994European Championships Helsinki, Finland 18th75.86 m1997IAAF Grand Prix FinalFukuoka, Japan8th81.44 m1998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary5th84.78 m 2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada19th78.28 m
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