Personal information | |
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Nationality | Finnish |
Born | 27 August 1999 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 400 metres hurdles |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 400 m hurdles: 54,40 (2023) |
Viivi Lehikoinen (born 27 August 1999) is a Finnish athlete. [1] She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and at the 2022 World Championships. [2] [3]
Lehikoinen won a gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2016 European U18 Championships. In July 2017, at the age of 17, she won a bronze medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2017 European U20 Championships, breaking the Finnish under-20 record with a time of 56,49. [3]
Event | Time | Venue | Date |
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400 metres | 52,99 | Tampere, Finland | 28 August 2021 |
400 metres hurdles | 54,40 | Huelva, Spain | 6 June 2023 |
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