Veera Mattila
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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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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]
Early life[edit]
From Kiikoinen, she attended High School in Pori.[2] She then studied biology at the University of Turku.[3]
Career[edit]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ "Veera Mattila". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Pihlajamäki, Hanna; Lehtinen, Eetu (6 July 2022). "Veera Mattila, 19, who studied as a high school student in Pori, broke the youth WC threshold and may soon make history in Colombia". satakunnankansa.fi. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Completely out of the box! Veera Mattila, 20, teases the EC sensation: "I didn't even dream"". Iltalehti.fi. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Great migration effort! Finland finishes fourth in FIFA World Cup final after new national record". Dealmakerz.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Lampi, Mika (3 August 2022). "Veera Mattila interrupted her semi-final run at the Junior World Championships". tyrvaansanomat.fr. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Veera Mattila from Kiikois makes history: she was selected for the adult European Championships in Munich". tyrvaansanomat.fi. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Veera Mattila ran 800 meters in the Finnish championship indoor competitions". alueviesti.fi. 20 February 2023.
- ^ "Veera Mattila, who won European Championship silver with a sensational run, talks about decisive moments - "Because of that"". is.fi. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ Lampi, Mika (13 July 2023). "Veera Mattila fought for the final place in the 800 meters at the European Youth Championships". tyrvaansanomat.fi. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Scandal at the European Championships! Veera Mattila got the wrong medal". Iltalehti.fi. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
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