Jenna Laukkanen

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Jenna Laukkanen
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Jenna Laukkanen, center, at 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Born (1995-03-02) March 2, 1995 (age 28)
Kuhmo, Finland
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 London 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 London 4×100 m medley
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Netanya 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Netanya 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Copenhagen 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Copenhagen 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Glasgow 100 m individual medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Glasgow 100 m breaststroke

Jenna Laukkanen (born 2 March 1995) is a Finnish swimmer with a specialty in the breaststroke. She currently represents [1] Team Iron in the International Swimming League.

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Laukkanen competed in the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships, winning a bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke and a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke. She competed for Team Finland at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [2] Her final ranking in the 100m breaststroke was 34th and 32nd in the 200m breaststroke. In the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Laukkanen won gold medals in the 50m and 100m breaststroke. At the 2016 European Aquatics Championships, she won bronze medals in the 50m breaststroke and the 4 × 100 m medley. She competed for Team Finland at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

International Swimming League

In 2019 she was member of the 2019 International Swimming League representing Team Iron.

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References

  1. "ISL Team Iron Beefs Up With Glinta, Verraszto & More". SwimSwam. 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  2. London 2012 Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine