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| Nationality | Finnish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 April 1997 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Hanmer: 71.10m (2023) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Suvi Koskinen (born 24 April 1997) is a Finnish hammer thrower. She had competed for Finland and multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games. [1]
She was a bronze medalist in the hammer throw at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland with a best distance of 62.49 metres. [2] [3] In 2020, she increased her personal best to 67.69 metres. [4] In August 2020, she finished third at the Finnish Athletics Championships with a throw of 65.17 metres. [5]
In July 2021, she finished third at the Finnish Athletics Championships with a throw of 68.03 metres. [6] She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, the women's hammer where a throw of 67.98 metres was enough for a 23rd place finish. [7] She competed at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, throwing 70.81 metres but not qualifying for the final. [8] In June 2023 in Kuortane, she threw a personal best hammer throw of 71.10 metres, this throw moved her into third place on Finland's all-time list behind Silja Kosonen and Krista Tervo. [9] [10] In July 2023, she finished runner-up to Silja Kosonen at the Finnish Athletics Championships with a throw of 71.09 metres. [11]
She competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in the hammer throw, where she managed a distance of 70.94 metres without progressing to the final. [12] In June 2024, she finished runner-up to Silja Kosonen at the Finnish Athletics Championships with a throw of 68.61 metres. [13] She competed at the 2024 Olympics Games in Paris, however she expressed disappointment with her performance in throwing 67.90 metres which was not enough to make the final. [14] [15]
She is from the Ostrobothnia region. [16]
