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| Born | 10 August 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Shot put: 18.42m (2025) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emilia Kangas (born 10 August 2001) is a Finnish shot putter. She is a multiple-time national champion. [1]
She is a member of Kuortane Kunto in Kuortane, Finland. [2] She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, finishing behind Alida Van Daalen of the Netherlands, and Serena Vincent of Great Britain, with a throw of 16.75 metres. [3]
She qualified for the final of the 2024 European Athletics Championships, placing twelfth overall in Rome, Italy. [4] She won the Finnish Athletics Championships in Vaasa in June 2024. [5] She subsequently won the Finnish Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2025. [6] She competed for Finland the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, placing twelfth overall in Appeldoorn, Netherlands, in March 2025. [7]
In June 2025, she became the first Finnish woman to shot put over 18 metres since 1997, when she set a mark of 18.20 metres in Kuortane. [8] In August 2025, she retained her national title at the Finnish Championships in Espoo. [9] Later that month, she set a new personal best of 18.41 metres whilst competing in Belgrade to move to third on the Finnish all-time list. [10] [11] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, throwing 18.07 metres. [12] [13]
