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Linda Sandblom
* 18 October 1989 Hanko
Present residence:
176 cm, 62 kg
Club: HIK Friidrott, Hanko
Coaches: Matti Nieminen, Leif Sandblom
Event: High jump
Linda Sandblom becomes the first Finnish female high jumper at the Olympic Games since 1976.
In June she made a new Finnish record of 193 centimetres which equals the qualifying standard for the Rio Games.
That also earned her a place at the European Championships in Amsterdam, where she placed thirteenth. Linda
hails from Hanko, the southernmost town of Finland. She is a qualified kindergarten teacher.
ACHIEVEMENTS
:
2016 EurCh 13th.
PERSONAL BEST:
193 (2016)
Sanni Utriainen
* 5 February 1991 Nokia
Present residence: Tampere
169 cm, 72 kg
Club: Tampereen Pyrintö
Coach: Esa Utriainen
Event: Javelin throw
Sanni Utriainen won the World Junior Championship javelin title in 2010 at Moncton, Canada.
She is a javelin thrower in second generation: her father and coach Esa Utriainen represented Finland at the World
Championships of 1983 in Helsinki. Sanni’s best result so far at senior level is eleventh place at the European
Championships of 2012 in Helsinki. In 2015 she made her personal best result of 63.03, which put her to fourth
place in the all-time list of Finnish female javelin throwers.
PREVIOUS OLYMPIC GAMES:
2012 no result in qualifying.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
2010 WJunCh gold.
2012 EurCh 11th.
2015 WCh 31st.
2016 EurCh 16th.
PERSONAL BEST:
63.03 (2015)