Annimari Korte

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Annimari Korte
Personal information
Full nameAnnimari Katriina Korte
Nationality Finnish
Born (1988-04-08) 8 April 1988 (age 37)
Kirkkonummi, Finland
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Website annimari.fi
Sport
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Sport Athletics
Event 100m hurdles
Club HIFK
Achievements and titles
Personal best100m hurdles: 12.72 s (Joensuu 2019)
Updated on June 21, 2019

Annimari Katriina Korte OLY (born 8 April 1988 in Kirkkonummi, Finland) is a Finnish 100 meter hurdler and a sports journalist. [1] Her personal best and the former national record (24 July 2019 in Joensuu) of 12.72 makes her the second fastest Finnish woman of all time in 100 meter hurdles.

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Korte had to retire from athletics in 2012 due to illnesses. She was diagnosed with an eosinophilic esophagitis and Tietze syndrome. She started athletics again in 2017. Korte represented Finland at the 2019 World Championships Women's 100 metres hurdles and qualified for the semi-finals. [2] She represented Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3]

Korte has a Master's degree in Sports Journalism from St Mary's University in London and a Bachelor's degree in Communication Studies from Clemson University. She has also studied in University of Georgia and San Diego State University.

Personal life

Korte studied in the United States from 2007 to 2011. [4] While there, she was in a relationship with American football player DeAndre Hopkins. [5] She was also in a relationship with Jamaican hurdler Hansle Parchment, whom she met in London after the 2012 Summer Olympics, when she was studying at a university there. [5] In 2014, while working as a journalist, she met French hurdler Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, with whom she was in a relationship. [5] Korte was also in a relationship with Cuban hurdler Orlando Ortega, whom she met in 2015. [5]

Korte was diagnosed with ADHD in 2023. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Biography - Annimari Korte" (in Finnish). annimari.fi. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "World Athletics results" (PDF). Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Tokio 2020: Suomen joukkueen olympiapaikat, karsintojen aikataulut ja kisoihin valitut urheilijat". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  4. ↑ Vuorinen, Marjo (16 May 2021). "Kun Annimari Korte käväisi autolla pelkkä maksimekko yllään, mustasukkainen miesystävä suuttui – Annimari kertoo nyt, miten miehet ovat kontrolloineet häntä" [When Annimari Korte stopped by in a car wearing only a maxi dress, her jealous boyfriend got angry – Annimari now tells how men have controlled her]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Holopainen, Pekka [in Finnish] (6 May 2021). "Annimari Korte paljastaa uutuuskirjassa kuuluisat poikaystävänsä – "Tapana takavarikoida kännykkäni ja läppärini"" [Annimari Korte reveals her famous boyfriends in a new book – "It was customary to confiscate my phone and laptop"]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Ikonen, Sami (31 August 2023). "Annimari Korte sai ADHD-diagnoosin: "Valtava helpotus"" [Annimari Korte received an ADHD diagnosis: 'A huge relief']. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 September 2025.
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