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{{Infobox sportsperson
|birth_date=21 January 1969
|birth_place=
|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men’s [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{BLR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]]|Decathlon}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]]|Decathlon}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1993 Toronto]]|Heptathlon}}
{{MedalCountry | {{FIN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]]|Decathlon}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1998 European Championships in Athletics|1998 Budapest]]|Decathlon}}
}}

'''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-grandparent]]s were deported from Finland to [[Turkestan]] in 1917. During his career he won three silver medals at [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]].

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing the {{URS}}
|-
|1988
|[[1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]] 
|[[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Canada]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|Decathlon
|[[1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon|7596 pts]]
|-
|1991
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Decathlon|World Championships]]
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|7th
|Decathlon
|8233 pts
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{EUN}}
|-
|1992
|[[Hypo-Meeting]] 
|[[Götzis]], [[Austria]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[1992 Hypo-Meeting|Decathlon]]
|8483 pts
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{flagicon|Belarus|1991}} '''/''' {{BLR}}
|-
|rowspan=3|1993
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Toronto]], [[Canada]]
|bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd
|Heptathlon
|6075 pts
|-
|[[Hypo-Meeting]] 
|[[Götzis]], [[Austria]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[1993 Hypo-Meeting|Decathlon]]
|8604 pts
|-
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Stuttgart]], [[Germany]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|Decathlon
|8724 pts
|-
|rowspan=2|1994
|[[Hypo-Meeting]] 
|[[Götzis]], [[Austria]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[1994 Hypo-Meeting|Decathlon]]
|8735 pts
|-
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
| —
|Decathlon
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon|DNF]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
|[[Hypo-Meeting]] 
|[[Götzis]], [[Austria]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[1995 Hypo-Meeting|Decathlon]]
|8438 pts
|-
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Gothenburg, Sweden]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|Decathlon
|8489 pts
|-
|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Atlanta]], [[United States]]
|5th
|Decathlon
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon|8613 pts]]
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{FIN}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
|[[Hypo-Meeting]] 
|[[Götzis]], [[Austria]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[1997 Hypo-Meeting|Decathlon]]
|8617 pts
|-
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|Decathlon
|8730 pts
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
|[[1998 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] 
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|Decathlon
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon|8587 pts]]
|-
|[[IAAF World Combined Events Challenge]] 
|''several places''
|6th
|[[1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge|Decathlon]]
|24,923 pts
|-
|2000
|[[Hypo-Meeting]] 
|[[Götzis]], [[Austria]]
| —
|[[2000 Hypo-Meeting|Decathlon]]
|DNF
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
|[[Hypo-Meeting]] 
|[[Götzis]], [[Austria]]
|9th
|[[2001 Hypo-Meeting|Decathlon]]
|8028 pts
|-
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Edmonton, Canada]]
| —
|Decathlon
|DNF
|}

===Personal bests===
{|
|valign="top"|
*'''Decathlon''' - 8735 (1994)
*[[100 metres]] - 10.69 (1994)
*[[400 metres]] - 46.71 (1997)
*[[1500 metres]] - 4:22.0 (1987)
*[[110 metres hurdles]] - 13.57 (1993)
*[[Pole vault]] - 5.30 (1993)
|width="50"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
*[[High jump]] - 2.11 (1994)
*[[Long jump]] - 7.56 (1997)
*[[Shot put]] - 16.74 (1996)
*[[Discus throw]] - 52.20 (1994)
*[[Javelin throw]] - 61.88 (1993)
|}

==See also==
*[[List of nationality transfers in athletics]]

==External links==
*{{iaaf name|id=4597|name=Eduard Hämälainen}}
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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Karaganda]]
[[Category:Soviet decathletes]]
[[Category:Finnish decathletes]]
[[Category:Belarusian decathletes]]
[[Category:Belarusian people of Finnish descent]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of the Unified Team]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of Belarus]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of Finland]]
[[Category:World Championships in Athletics medalists]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]

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