Personal information | |
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Nationality | Finnish |
Born | 30 March 2000 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pole Vault |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | Pole vault: 4.50m (Copenhagen, 2023) |
Saga Andersson (born 30 March 2000) is a track and field athlete from Finland. She has won multiple Finnish indoor national championships in the pole vault. [1]
Andersson trains in Myllypuro in eastern Helsinki, and competes for Espoo IF. She is coached by her father Björn Andersson. Her younger sister Silja Andersson also pole vaults competitively. [2]
In 2017, Andersson set a personal best height of 4.42m and finished fourth in the pole vault at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships. [3]
In June 2022, Andersson set a new personal best clearance of 4.43m. [4] Later that year, she competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, finishing in 16th place. Later that year she also competed at 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, finishing in 13th place. [5]
Andersson improved her personal best to 4.50m at the Nordic Championships in Copenhagen in May 2023. [6]
She was named in the Finnish team for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. [7]
Andersson has a following on social media, and has posted videos on social media which have had millions of views. [8]
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