Alisa Vainio

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Alisa Vainio
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Alisa Vainio at the 2018 Finnish Championships in Athletics
Personal information
Full nameAlisa Pauliina Vainio
Nationality Finnish
Born (1997-11-16) November 16, 1997 (age 25)
Lappeenranta, Finland
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight43 kg (95 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long-distance running
Club Lappeenrannan Urheilu-Miehet
Coached by Jarmo Viskari
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 5,000 m: 15:51.94 (2018)
  • 10,000 m: 32:58.17 (2015)
  • Marathon: 2:33:24 (2015)
  • 3,000 m st:10:02.45 (2015)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Women's athletics
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Eskilstuna 3000 m steeplechase

Alisa Pauliina Vainio (born 16 November 1997) is a Finnish long-distance runner. She won bronze at the 2015 European Athletics Junior Championships in 3,000m steeplechase. [1] She has two Finnish championships from 10,000m (2015 and 2018) and one from the marathon (2018). Vainio also has two world championship bronze-medals from Bandy (Irkutsk 2012 and Lappeenranta 2014). [2]

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References

  1. "European Athletics Junior Championships: Results". European Athletics . Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  2. "Alisa Vainio voitti 15-vuotiaana jääpallon MM-pronssia ja halusi jääkiekkoilijaksi – on suomalaisen yleisurheilun onni, että poikkeuksellinen superlahjakkuus valitsi kestävyysjuoksun: "Kovin moni Suomessa ei harjoittele enempää kuin Alisa"". yle.fi (in Finnish). 30 September 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.