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Full name | Emilija Manninen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Emilija Potšepko 22 January 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emilija Manninen (born 22 January 1981) is an Estonian female hurdler. [1] She has represented Estonia at the Deaflympics in 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013. [2]
Emilija won her first Deaflympic medal, which was a bronze medal at the 2001 Summer Deaflympics in the women's 400m hurdles. [3] She also claimed a silver medal in the 400m hurdles during the 2009 Summer Deaflympics, which was her second medal in the women's 400m hurdles. [4] Emilija Manninen set a new Deaflympic record for the women's 400m hurdles with a record time of 1:01.62 during the 2013 Summer Deaflympics after earning a gold medal in the particular event. [5] [6] [7]