Salla Sipponen
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Salla Maaria Sipponen |
Born | Keuruu, Finland | 13 March 1995
Education | Savonia University of Applied Sciences[1] |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Discus throw |
Club | Keuruun Kisailijat |
Coached by | Jukka Vilkkilä |
Salla Maaria Sipponen (born 13 March 1995 in Keuruu) is a Finnish athlete specialising in the discus throw.[2] She finished fifth at the 2017 European U23 Championships. In addition she represented her country at two senior European Championships without qualifying for the final.
Her personal best in the event is 58.36 metres set in Lapinlahti in 2018.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Finland | |||||
2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 13th (q) | Discus throw | 46.40 m |
2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 10th | Discus throw | 51.10 m |
2015 | European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 17th (q) | Discus throw | 49.38 m |
2016 | European Throwing Cup (U23) | Arad, Romania | 2nd | Discus throw | 53.15 m |
European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 19th (q) | Discus throw | 54.95 m | |
2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | Discus throw | 54.83 m |
Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 8th | Discus throw | 53.13 m | |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 21st (q) | Discus throw | 54.00 m |
2019 | Universiade | Naples, Italy | 14th (q) | Discus throw | 51.23 m |
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 26th (q) | Discus throw | 57.16 m |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 17th (q) | Discus throw | 56.47 m | |
2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 31st (q) | Discus throw | 54.72 m |
References
- ^ "2017 Universiade bio". Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ Salla Sipponen at World Athletics
Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Finnish female discus throwers
- People from Keuruu
- Finnish Athletics Championships winners
- Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Sportspeople from Central Finland
- European Games competitors for Finland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- Finnish athletics biography stubs