Mirella Harju

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Mirella Harju
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Full name Mirella Harju
Born (1982-09-29) 29 September 1982 (age 35)
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Mirella Harju (born 29 September 1982) is a Finnish former racing cyclist. She won the Finnish national road race title in 2008. [1]

Finnish National Road Race Championships

The Finnish National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where the Finnish cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic cycling jersey, just like the national flag, these colours can be worn by the rider at other road racing events in the country to show their status as national champion. The champion's stripes can be combined into a sponsored rider's team kit design for this purpose.

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Arsi Ilari Harju is a Finnish former track and field athlete who competed in the shot put. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He set his personal best of 21.39 in the qualification. In the final, Harju secured the gold medal with his second round shot put of 21.29, beating silver medalist Adam Nelson by 8 cm and bronze medalist John Godina by 9 cm. In 2000, Harju was also named the Finnish Sports Personality of the Year.

Harju may refer to:

Alppila neighbourhood in Helsinki, Finland

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<i>Imaginaerum</i> (film) 2012 Finnish-Canadian musical film

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Harju is a Finnish surname.

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Mirella may refer to:

References

  1. "Mirella Harju". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 May 2014.