Marjaana Heikkinen
Finnish Paralympic athlete
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Nationality | Finnish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1967-04-19) 19 April 1967 (age 57) Kuopio, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (69 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Spinal cord injuries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Shot put Javelin throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Siilinjarven Ponnistus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Kimmo Kinnunen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marjaana Heikkinen (née Huovinen; born 19 April 1967[1]) is a Finnish Paralympic athlete competing in F34 classification throwing events.[2]
Career
Heikkinen represented Finland at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London, entering the javelin throw and the shot put.[3] She finished fourth in the shot and in the javelin, which stretched over four classifications, she threw a distance of 19.47 metres to win the bronze medal. As well as Paralympic success, Heikkinen has won medals at both World and European Championships, including a javelin gold at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto.[3]
References
- ^ Marjaana Heikkinen (in Finnish) Siilinjärven Ponnistus Ry
- ^ "Heikkinen, Marjaana". IPC Athletics. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Heikkinen, Marjaana". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.