Ari-Pekka Liukkonen

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Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
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Liukkonen in 2015
Personal information
Born9 February 1989 (1989-02-09) (age 36)
Pieksämäki, Finland
Height2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Budapest 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Berlin 50 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Chartres 4×50 m mixed freestyle

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (born 9 February 1989) is a Finnish swimmer, European champion and [1] Green League's councilman. [2] He competed in the 50 m freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [3] [4] He is the Finnish record holder over that distance with a time of 21.58 sec, as well as the short course record in the 50 m. [5] He also holds the 100 m freestyle record, at 49.44 seconds. At the 2016 Olympics he swam in the 50 and 100 m freestyle events. [3]

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Personal life

On 2 February 2014, Liukkonen came out as gay in an Yle interview, thus becoming one of the first openly gay top-level athletes in Finland. [6] [7]


Career in politics

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen is a councilman in the Green League in Finland in Jyväskylä. Liukkonen has been elected to the Green League first time in 2017. [2]

Liukkonen was elected to the Green League three times. First time in 2017 by 284 votes [2] , second time in 2021 by 388 votes [8] and third time in 2025 by 422 votes [9] .

References

  1. ↑ "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen". SwimRankings.net.
  2. 1 2 3 "Olympiauimari Liukkosen toinen rohkea veto – meni ryminällä Jyväskylän valtuustoon" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 10 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "London 2012 profile". Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Smashes Finnish 50 Free Record In 21.58". SwimSwam. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Suomalainen olympiauimari kaapista ulos - "Vihdoin voin olla oma itseni"" (in Finnish). Yle. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  7. ↑ Buzinski, Jim (22 July 2021). "Gay Olympics swimmer makes waves in and out of the water". Outsports. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Yle – Tulokaspalvelu – Ehdokassivu – Kuntavaalit 2021" (in Finnish). Yle.
  9. ↑ "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen kuntavaaleissa 2025" (in Finnish). Yle.
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