Personal information | |
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Nationality | Finnish |
Born | 18 December 2003 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Long distance running, Steeplechase |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal bests | 1500m: 4:14.79 (Joensuu, 2023) 3000m: 9:02.00 (Kuortane, 2023) 5000m: 15:41.82 (Tallinn, 2023) 3000m s'chase: 9:23.28 (Rome, 2024) NR |
Medal record |
Ilona Mononen (born 18 December 2003) is a Finnish runner. She has won national indoor championship titles over 3000 metres and 5000 metres. She is the Finnish national record holder in the 3000 metres steeplechase. [1]
She won gold at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn over 3000 metres aged 17 years-old. [2] At the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, she finished eighth in the 1500 metres and fifth in the 3000 metres. [3] [4]
At the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia she finished eighth again in the 1500 metres and fifth over 3000 metres. [5] She competed in the 5000 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich. [6] At the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin she won bronze in the U20 category in December 2022. [7]
At the 2023 European Cross Country Championships she won silver in the under-23 category in Brussels. [8]
In February 2024, she ran a national record over 3000 metres to win the Nordic Championship. [9]
She ran a national record of 9:23.28 in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024. [10] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase. [11] In December 2024, she won the bronze medal in the U23 race at the European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey. [12]
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