Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen 
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Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (2015) |
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| Surname: | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | ||||||||||||
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 Finland
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
| Birthday: | February 9, 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Pieksämäki | ||||||||||||
| Size: | 2.08 m | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 91 kg | ||||||||||||
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Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (born February 9, 1989 in Pieksämäki ) is a Finnish freestyle swimmer . The participant in the 2012 Olympic Games in London won two bronze medals at the European Swimming Championships .
As part of the 2012 Olympic Games, Liukkonen was eighth over 50 m freestyle in the 7th heat and last in 22.57 seconds. At the European Short Course Championships in Chartres in 2012 , the Finnish relay team with the line-up Hanna-Maria Seppälä , Laura Kurki , Andrei Tuomola and Ari-Pekka Liukkonen won in a time of 1: 31.74 minutes. Bronze behind France (with Florent Manaudou and Camille Muffat , 1: 29.60) and Russia (1: 30.41). At the European Swimming Championships in Berlin in 2014 , the time of 21.93 seconds over 50 m freestyle brought Liukkonen bronze behind Manaudou (21.32) and Konrad Czerniak from Poland (21.88).
Liukkonen came out as gay in early 2014 .
Web links
- Ari-Pekka Liukkonen on swimrankings.net
- Ari-Pekka Liukkonen in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Liukkonen, Ari-Pekka |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish freestyle swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pieksämäki |