Mette Baas

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Mette Baas
Kalevan Kisat 2018 - Women's 200 m - Mette Baas.jpg
Baas in 2018
Personal information
NationalityFinnish
Born (2000-09-10) 10 September 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests400m: 51.47 (Madrid, 2025)
Indoors
400m: 52.25 (Apeldoorn, 2025) NR

Mette Baas (born 10 September 2000) is a Finnish sprinter. She predominantly competes over 400 metres, and is a multiple-time national champion and is the indoor national record holder. [1]

Career

She was born in Lavia, Finland, but grew up in Tornio. She later moved to Joensuu where she studied computer science at the University of Applied Sciences and changed her athletics club from Veitsiluoto Kisaveikot to Joensuu Kataja. [2] She competed for Finland at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere. [3]

In 2021, she ran the fastest time by a Finnish woman for the 400 metres since Kirsi Mykkänen in 2005, when she ran 52.76 seconds in the Finnkampen. [4] She ran a 400 metres personal best of 52.51 in Gothenburg in 2022. [2] In 2024, she lowered her personal best for the 400 metres to 52.10, whilst competing in Lahti. [5]

She competed for Finland at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, where she ran a Finnish indoor national record of 52.25 seconds. [6]

She ran a Finnish national best time of 36.71 seconds to finish runner-up to Henriette Jaeger in the lesser-run 300 metres in Bergen in June 2025, breaking her own previous best national mark of 37.09 seconds. [7] [8] Later that month, she represented Finland at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships, where she ran a personal best 51.47 seconds for the 400 metres, to finish with the sixth fastest time in the First Division. [9] It was the fastest time by a Finnish athlete since Pirjo Häggman at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. [5]

She was selected for the Finnish team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [10]

References

  1. "Mette Baas". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Mette Baas teases the European Championship spirit – A treat is emerging from the women's 400-meter race at the Kaleva Games". lansi-savo.fi. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  3. "Finland names home team for IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018". World Athletics. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  4. "Fastest Finnish speed in 15 years – Mette Baas, 21, stars in the new rise of the Finns on the track: "It sure feels good"". etusuora.com. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Mette Baas broke her record – the fastest Finnish time since the summer of 1980". ita-savo.fi. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  6. Juck, Alfonz (March 8, 2025). "Apeldoorn 2025, Day 2, Quotes of the Day, Result of the Day, Surprise of the Day!". runblogrun. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  7. "Mette Baas set a new Finnish record in the 300 meters in Bergen, finishing second in the race". ilkkapohjalainen.fi. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  8. "Jaeger just misses European 300m best in cold conditions in Bergen". European Athletics. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  9. "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  10. "Federation completed the squad for the World Championships in Tokyo: the back door to the World Championships is still open for a couple of athletes". yle.fi. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.