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Matti Mattsson
* 5 October 1993 Pori
Present residence: Pori
197 cm, 98 kg
Club: Porin Uimaseura
Coach: Tomi Pystynen
Events: 200 m breaststroke, 100 m breaststroke
Matti Mattsson won the prize for the most surprising feat in Finnish sport in 2013: at the World Aquatics
Championships in Barcelona he shaved almost three seconds off his Finnish record and won bronze in 200 metres
breaststroke. In the previous year he had finished 17th in his Olympic debut in London. Matti has made a comeback
to the world elite this year, finishing fifth at the European Championships in London in May. In his junior years Matti
also competed with success in fin swimming.
PREVIOUS OLYMPIC GAMES:
2012 17th 200m breaststroke.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
2011 EurJunCh silver 200 m breaststroke, 7th 100m breaststroke, 15th 50m breaststroke.
2012 EurCh 15th 200m breaststroke, 27th 100m breaststroke, 36th 50m breaststroke, 48th 50m free.
2013 WCh bronze 200m breaststroke.
2014 EurCh 10th 200m breaststroke, 39th 100m breaststroke, 33rd 50m breaststroke.
2015 WCh 12th 200m breaststroke, 30th 100m breaststroke. EurShCh 13th 200m breaststroke,
30th 100m breaststroke, 36th 50m breaststroke.
2016 EurCh 5th 200m breaststroke, 11th 100m breaststroke.
PERSONAL BEST:
200m breaststroke: 2:08.95 (2013)
100m breaststroke: 1:01.32 (2016)