Lotta Harala

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Lotta Harala
Personal information
Born (1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 (age 32)
Sport
Country Finland
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 100 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m hurdles: 8.00 (Tampere, 2023)
100m hurdles: 12.65 (La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2024)NR

Lotta Harala (born 26 March 1992) is a Finnish hurdler. In 2017, she became Finnish national champion in the 100m hurdles.

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Career

She finished fourth in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Bressanone at the age of 17 years-old. [1]

She competed in the 60m hurdles at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade. [2] She won the Finnish national 100m hurdles title in July 2017. [3]

Harala lowered her personal best to 13.07 seconds for the 100m hurdles in August 2020 in Espoo. [4]

She competed at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul. [5] She lowered her personal best to 12.85 seconds in Switzerland in July 2023. [6] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. [7]

She competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome where she reached the semi-finals. [8]

Doping violation

In January 2021, Harala was suspended for three months for a doping violation. A sample given on August 5, 2020 in Espoo contained 5-methylhexan-2-amine (1,4-dimethylpentylamine), classified as a stimulant. She claimed the violation was unintentional and that she had ingested a prohibited substance from a creatine dietary supplement whose product description did not mention the substance and may have had a contaminated production line and had temporarily used her boyfriend's creatine when her stocks ran out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her suspension started in October 2020 and the three-month sentence had been served by January 12, 2021. [9] [10] Her coach Matti Liimatainen departed from her support team after the finding. [11]

Personal life

She is from Tampere. [12] She has spoken about suffering from disordered eating after her teenage breakthrough in athletics. [1] She has discussed receiving personal and abusive messages on social media. [13] [14]

Her relationship with Matias Myttynen, an ice hockey player, has been followed by TV5's reality television series Lätkä Love. Her Fitness Diary 2021 was included in a television program on the Discovery+ streaming service. [15]

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References

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  6. ↑ "Did Lotta Harala become the EC medal favorite in one shot? The expert opens up about how hard the performance was seen in Espoo". yle.fi. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "Reetta Hurske slammed the slander - "What are two assholes doing in the bush?"". is.fi. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
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  10. ↑ "Lotta Harala opens up about the doping nightmare that cost her tens and tens of thousands of euros - in the end, her mind and body also broke down". is.fi. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Lotta Harala, who gave a positive doping sample, violated her suspension - survived without a new punishment". yle.fi. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  12. ↑ "Lotta Harala amazes: "I never thought I would say this out loud"". iltehti. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
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  14. ↑ "Kristiina Mäkelä joined Instagram and was shocked - now athletes are sharing their horror experiences on social media: "Balancing on a knife edge"". is.fi. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
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