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Finnish athlete (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Veera Mattila (born 21 January 2003) is a track and field athlete from Finland. In 2023, she became the national indoor champion over 800 metres.[1]
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Nationality | Finnish | ||||||||||||||
Born | 21 January 2003 | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 800m | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:01.12 (Tampere, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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From Kiikoinen, she attended High School in Pori.[2] She then studied biology at the University of Turku.[3]
She was part of a Finnish 4x400m relay team that set a new national U20 record at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[4] Individually at that championships she competed in the 800 metres and qualified from the heats for the semi-finals.[5] In August 2022, she was selected for the Finnish team at the 2022 European Athletics Championships held in Munich.[6]
In February 2023, she became the Finnish national indoor champion over 800m, in Helsinki. She ran a new personal best time of 2:08.01. At the same competition she also ran in the 400m and set a new personal best of 54.85, finishing fifth.[7]
In July 2023, she competed in the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 800 metres and won the silver medal in a new personal best time of 2:03.14.[8][9] Although, she was initially mistakenly given the bronze medal on the podium.[10]
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