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Minna Nikkanen
* 9 April 1988 Somero
Present residence: Turku
169 cm, 54 kg
Club: Someron Esa
Coach: Jarno Koivunen
Event: Pole vault
Minna Nikkanen has already made a long career in pole vaulting. She won gold at the European Junior
Championships of 2007 at Hengelo, Netherlands. At senior level her best results so far are fourth place at the
European Indoor Championships of 2011 in Paris and tenth place at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.
Minna hails from Somero, a famous pole vaulting hotbed in Finland, but she currently lives and trains in Turku where
she studies for a degree in sports marketing.
PREVIOUS OLYMPIC GAMES:
2012 26th.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
2006 WJunCh 6th.
2007 WCh 19th. EurIndoorCh no result. EurJunCh gold.
2009 WCh 20th. EurIndoorCh 10th. EurU23Ch silver.
2010 EurCh 9th.
2011 EurIndoorCh 4th.
2012 EurCh 19th.
2013 EurIndoorCh 13th.
2014 EurCh 7th.
2015 WCh 10th. EurIndoorCh 19th.
2016 EurCh 9th.
PERSONAL BEST:
461 indoor (2016)
460 outdoor (2015)