Esko Olavi Mikkola (born 14 February 1975 in Tampere) is a Finnish javelin thrower.
Competing for the Arizona Wildcats track and field team, Mikkola won two NCAA DI javelin titles.[1][2]
He won a silver medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu and finished eleventh at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. He then competed at the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final.
His personal best throw is 84.27 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Nokia.
Javelin throwing is not Mikkola's only claim to fame. His first sport was wrestling, which he did for ten years or more and is now exploring the sport of bobsledding.
Esko was a research assistant at The University of Arizona, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and has published numerous papers in the fields of prognostic cells and radiation effects. As of spring 2008, Mikkola has completed his Ph.D. and has returned to Finland for the summer to concentrate on training for the 2008 Olympics.
Currently, he works as the CEO for the company Alphacore that he founded, located in Phoenix, Arizona. He has received U.S. citizenship.[3]
^"Esko Mikkola HOF".
^"Mikkola Wins NCAA Javelin Title".
^Salomaa, Tomi (25 August 2020). "Suomalainen olympiakeihäänheittäjä lähti Yhdysvaltoihin, väitteli tohtoriksi ja perusti firman: "NASA:n kanssa on mennyt todella hyvin"". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 December 2023.
Esko Olavi Mikkola (born 14 February 1975 in Tampere) is a Finnish javelin thrower. Competing for the Arizona Wildcats track and field team, Mikkola won...
run 1998 Klaus Ambrosch Men's outdoor track and field Decathlon 1998 EskoMikkola Men's outdoor track and field Javelin 1998 Amy Skieresz Women's outdoor...
Chydenius Kristiina Halkola Heikki Kinnunen Kaisa Korhonen Marja-Leena Mikkola Aulikki Oksanen Pirkko Saisio Yrjö Hakanen, chairman Satu Hassi, member...
Javelin Throw Final Results Rank Name University Distance EskoMikkola University of Arizona 81.86 m (268 ft 6+3⁄4 in) Daniel Gustafsson SMU 76.66 m (251 ft...
Rank Name University Distance Notes EskoMikkola Finland Arizona 72.62 m (238 ft 3 in) Brian Kollar Virginia 72.20 m (236 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Kestutis Celiesius...
Komonen 1972–1977, Jussi Vepsäläinen 1971, Esko Lehesmaa 1969–1970, Tapani Eskola 1967–1968, Kirmo Mikkola 1960–1966, Pekka Laurila 1958–1959, Nils-Erik...
Söderberg Finland 72.84 Javelin throw details Igor Janik Poland 76.83 EskoMikkola Finland 75.82 William Hamlyn-Harris Australia 75.50 Decathlon details...
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of the liberal Young Finnish Party. The founder of the paper was Antti Mikkola, a politician and a journalist. It was subsequently owned and managed by...
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