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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; 14.3 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (born 9 February 1989) is a Finnish swimmer.[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 21.93 sec.
Personal life
On 2 February 2014 Liukkonen came out as gay in a Yle interview, thus becoming one of the first openly gay top-level athletes in Finland.[4]
References
- ^ Ari-Pekka Liukkonen at SwimRankings.net
- ^ Sports Reference profile
- ^ London 2012 profile
- ^ "Suomalainen olympiauimari kaapista ulos - "Vihdoin voin olla oma itseni"" (in Finnish). Yle. 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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