Daniel Kosonen

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Daniel Kosonen
Personal information
NationalityFinnish
Born (2000-09-17) 17 September 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)High jump: 2.24m (Helsinki, 2024)

Daniel Kosonen (born 17 September 2000) is a Finnish high jumper and volleyball player. He is a multiple-time national champion in the high jump. [1]

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Career

He is a member of Tampere Pyrinnö. In June 2020, he set a personal best of 2.21 metres in Lempäälä. [2] [3] In January 2022, he increased his personal best to 2.22 metres whilst competing indoors, having attempted the height on 28 separate occasions in various competitions, and was quoted as saying "I almost fainted when the monkey fell off my back". [4] [5]

Although he missed a large chunk of the 2024 season with injury, he returned to win the Finnish national championships and set a personal best of 2.24 metres in August 2024 in Helsinki. [6] [7] [8]

He qualified for the final of the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships with a successful high jump of 2.23 metres. [9]

Personal life

From Tampere, he combines his athletics career with playing volleyball in the Finnish divisions. [10] He played in the men's second division for Luja-Lukko in Pälkäne, coached by his father Heikki Kosonen and when they earned promotion to the top division he considered quitting athletics to pursue volleyball only. He was formerly in the Finnish army. He often competes with flamboyant hair colours and patterns and with decorated finger nails. His eldest sister Gabriela is a Finnish Championship-level high jumper and his sister Jessica is a major league volleyball player for Kuusamo. [11] [12] [2] He is a Christian. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Daniel Kosonen". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Daniel Kosonen quit high jumping because he couldn't do it - now he's soared to the top of Finland: "I think I'm talented enough to win anything"". yle.fi. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Daniel Kosonen achieved Finland's best result in high jump in six years". is.fi. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Finland's great promise is met with a storm in Tampere: "A wonderful farce"". iltahti.fi. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Daniel Kosonen, who surpassed his record of 222: "I almost crashed when the monkey fell off my back" - Kaasalainen, Alatupa and Vanninen set new records". yleisureheilu.fi. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Finnish athlete found God – Now a record has been set: "I do things for him too"". Iltehti.fi. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Daniel Kosonen won the high jump and set his own record". yle.fi. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Daniel Kosonen, who overcame an injury crisis, stylised his record at the highest point - "It was an emotional ecstasy". ess.fi. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "Daniel Kosonen, who was upset about his high jump results, has already returned to the Kostia arena - "Before, it was clear who would come first, now it's not"". shl.fi. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "Photos: Finland's top ace blew up the bank in style, even the psychologist screamed - "Color to life!"". is.fi. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  12. ↑ "Too much burden". is.fi. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
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