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Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
	Liukkonen in 2015
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Born	9 February 1989 (age 35); Pieksämäki, Finland
Height	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Finland
European Championships (LC)
European Championships (SC)

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Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (born 9 February 1989) is a Finnish swimmer and European champion.^[1] He competed in the 50 m freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2]^[3] He is the Finnish record holder over that distance with a time of 21.58 sec, as well as the short course record in the 50 m.^[4] He also holds the 100 m freestyle record, at 49.44 seconds. At the 2016 Olympics he swam in the 50 and 100 m freestyle events.^[2]

Personal life

On 2 February 2014 Liukkonen came out as gay in an Yle interview, thus becoming one of the first openly gay top-level athletes in Finland.^[5]

References

^ "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen". SwimRankings.net.
^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
^ London 2012 profile
^ "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Smashes Finnish 50 Free Record In 21.58". SwimSwam. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^ "Suomalainen olympiauimari kaapista ulos - "Vihdoin voin olla oma itseni"" (in Finnish). Yle. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

External links

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen at World Aquatics
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen at Olympedia (archive)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén	Flagbearer for Finland (with Satu Mäkelä-Nummela) Tokyo 2020	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen". SwimRankings.net.

[:0-2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

[3] London 2012 profile

[4] "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Smashes Finnish 50 Free Record In 21.58". SwimSwam. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[5] "Suomalainen olympiauimari kaapista ulos - "Vihdoin voin olla oma itseni"" (in Finnish). Yle. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

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-'''Ari-Pekka Liukkonen''' (born 9 February 1989) is a Finnish [[swimmer]] and European champion.<ref>[http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=athleteDetail&athleteId=4807107 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen at SwimRankings.net]</ref> He competed in the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle event]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=":0">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/ari-pekka-liukkonen-1.html Sports Reference profile]</ref><ref>[http://www.london2012.com/athlete/liukkonen-ari-pekka-1016347/ London 2012 profile]</ref> He is the [[List of Finnish records in swimming|Finnish record holder]] over that distance with a time of 21.58 sec, as well as the short course record in the 50 m.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://swimswam.com/ari-pekka-liukkonen-smashes-finnish-50-free-record-21-58/|title=Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Smashes Finnish 50 Free Record In 21.58|date=2017-07-07|work=SwimSwam|access-date=2017-11-26|language=en-US}}</ref>  He also holds the 100 m freestyle record, at 49.44 seconds.  At the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]] he swam in the 50 and 100 m freestyle events.<ref name=":0" />
+'''Ari-Pekka Liukkonen''' (born 9 February 1989) is a Finnish [[swimmer]] and European champion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=athleteDetail&athleteId=4807107 |title=Ari-Pekka Liukkonen |website=SwimRankings.net}}</ref> He competed in the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle event]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=":0">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/ari-pekka-liukkonen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/ari-pekka-liukkonen-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref><ref>[http://www.london2012.com/athlete/liukkonen-ari-pekka-1016347/ London 2012 profile]</ref> He is the [[List of Finnish records in swimming|Finnish record holder]] over that distance with a time of 21.58 sec, as well as the short course record in the 50 m.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://swimswam.com/ari-pekka-liukkonen-smashes-finnish-50-free-record-21-58/ |title=Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Smashes Finnish 50 Free Record In 21.58 |date=2017-07-07 |work=SwimSwam |access-date=2017-11-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>  He also holds the 100 m freestyle record, at 49.44 seconds.  At the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]] he swam in the 50 and 100 m freestyle events.<ref name=":0" />
 ==Personal life==
-On 2 February 2014 Liukkonen [[coming out|came out]] as [[gay]] in an [[Yle]] interview, thus becoming one of the first [[closeted|openly]] gay top-level athletes in Finland.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://yle.fi/urheilu/suomalainen_olympiauimari_kaapista_ulos_-_vihdoin_voin_olla_oma_itseni/7065006|title=Suomalainen olympiauimari kaapista ulos - "Vihdoin voin olla oma itseni"|date=2014-02-02|publisher=[[Yle]]|language=fi|access-date=2 February 2014}}</ref>
+On 2 February 2014 Liukkonen [[coming out|came out]] as [[gay]] in an [[Yle]] interview, thus becoming one of the first [[closeted|openly]] gay top-level athletes in Finland.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://yle.fi/urheilu/suomalainen_olympiauimari_kaapista_ulos_-_vihdoin_voin_olla_oma_itseni/7065006 |title=Suomalainen olympiauimari kaapista ulos - "Vihdoin voin olla oma itseni" |date=2014-02-02 |publisher=[[Yle]] |language=fi |access-date=2 February 2014}}</ref>
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