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'''Veera Mattila''' (born 21 Janaury 2003) is a [[track and field]] athlete from Finland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/finland/veera-mattila-14810508|website=World Athletics|title=Veera Mattila|accessdate=13 July 2023}}</ref>
'''Veera Mattila''' (born 21 Janaury 2003) is a [[track and field]] athlete from Finland. In 2023, she became the national indoor champion over 800 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/finland/veera-mattila-14810508|website=World Athletics|title=Veera Mattila|accessdate=13 July 2023}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 00:20, 14 July 2023

Veera Mattila (born 21 Janaury 2003) is a track and field athlete from Finland. In 2023, she became the national indoor champion over 800 metres.[1]

Career

From Kiikois, she studied in Pori.[2] She was part of a Finnish 4x400m relay team that set a new national U20 record at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Columbia.[3] Individually at that championships she competed in the 800 metres.[4]

In August 2022, she was selected for the Finnish team at the 2022 European Athletics Championships held in Munich.[5]

In February 2023, she became the Finnish national indoor champion over 800m, in Helsinki. She ran a new personal best time of 2:08.01. At the same competition she also ran in the 400m and set a new personal best of 54.81, finishing fifth.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Veera Mattila". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. ^ Pihlajamäki, Hanna; Lehtinen, Eetu (6 July 2022). "Veera Mattila, 19, who studied as a high school student in Pori, broke the youth WC threshold and may soon make history in Colombia". satakunmankasa.fi. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Great migration effort! Finland finishes fourth in FIFA World Cup final after new national record". Dealmakerz.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  4. ^ Lampi, Mika (3 August 2022). "Veera Mattila interrupted her semi-final run at the Junior World Championships". tyrvaansanomat.fr.
  5. ^ "Veera Mattila from Kiikois makes history: she was selected for the adult European Championships in Munich". tyrvaansanomat.fi. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Veera Mattila ran 800 meters in the Finnish championship indoor competitions". alueviesti.fi. 20 February 2023.