Viivi Lehikoinen
Viivi Lehikoinen 
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| Full name | Viivi Katariina Lehikoinen | ||||||||||||
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| birthday | 27th August 1999 (age 21) | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Helsinki , Finland | ||||||||||||
| size | 174 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg | ||||||||||||
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| discipline | 400 meter hurdles | ||||||||||||
| Best performance | 56.49 s | ||||||||||||
| society | HIFK-Friidrott | ||||||||||||
| Trainer | Jussi Ihamäki | ||||||||||||
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| last change: May 4, 2020 | |||||||||||||
Viivi Katariina Lehikoinen (born August 27, 1999 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish athlete who specializes in the 400-meter hurdles .
Athletic career
In 2015 Viivi Lehikoinen took part for the first time in a major international event, the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi , where she won the gold medal in the hurdles and took fifth place with the Finnish 4 x 100 meter relay. A year later she won the gold medal over 400 m hurdles again at the U18 European Championships , which were held for the first time . In 2017 she qualified for the U20 European Championships in Grosseto , where she won the bronze medal behind the Slovenian Agata Zupin with a new national junior record . In addition, she took seventh place with the Finnish 4 x 400 meter relay.
In 2018 she participated in the U20 World Championships in Tampere , where she was eliminated in the hurdles with 57.70 s in the semifinals and failed with the Finnish relay in 3: 39.58 min in the preliminary round. In August she also took part in the European Championships in Berlin , where she was eliminated with 58.43 seconds. The following year she reached seventh place in 58.24 s at the U23 European Championships in Gävle .
In 2017 Lehikoinen became Finnish indoor champion with her club's 4 x 200 meter relay. In 2018 she was the first time champion over 400 m hurdles.
Personal best
- 400 meters: 54.56 s, August 3, 2018 in Laitila
- 400 meters (hall): 55.27 s, February 9, 2020 in Helsinki
- 400 m hurdles: 56.49 s, July 23, 2017 in Grosseto
Web links
- Viivi Lehikoinen in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Result list of the U18 European Championships in Tbilisi 2016 ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Result list of the U20 European Championships in Grosseto 2017
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lehikoinen, Viivi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lehikoinen, Viivi Katariina (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish hurdler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1999 |