Viivi Lehikoinen
 Lehikoinen in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Born | 27 August 1999 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 400 metres hurdles |
| Coached by | Laurent Meuwly[1] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 400 m hurdles: 54,40 (2023) |
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Viivi Lehikoinen (born 27 August 1999) is a Finnish athlete.[2] She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and at the 2022 World Championships.[3][4]
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.[4]
Personal bests
| Event | Time | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 metres | 52,99 | Tampere, Finland | 28 August 2021 |
| 400 metres hurdles | 54,40 | Huelva, Spain | 6 June 2023 |
- All information from World Athletics profile.[4]
References
- ^ "Meuwly receives Coaching Achievement Award" (press release), World Athletics, 4 December 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Viivi Lehikoinen". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 2 Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Viivi LEHIKOINEN | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
External links
- Viivi Lehikoinen at World Athletics
- Viivi Lehikoinen at Olympedia
- Viivi Lehikoinen at Olympics.com
- Viivi Lehikoinen at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)