Mikaela Johanna Emilia Ingberg (born 29 July 1974 in

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

) is a female

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the wom ...

er from

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. Her personal best throw is 64.03 metres, achieved in September 2000 in

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. She was nicknamed "Mikke" during her career. Her achievements include bronze medals at the 1995 World Championships,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

and 2002 European Championships. She has been coached by Tapio Korjus.

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* * * 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Vaasa Finnish female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Swedish-speaking Finns World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games 20th-century Finnish women 21st-century Finnish women Finnish Athletics Championships winners {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub