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Place of Birth: Porvoo, Uusimaa Province, Finland
About Mikko Halvari
- Mikko Johannes Halvari (born March 4, 1983 in Porvoo) is a Finnish decathlete.
- 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.
- 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.
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