Heidi Salminen
Finnish sprinter and hurdler
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National team | Finland |
Born | 4 December 2003 (2003-12-04) (age 20) Jyväskylä, Finland |
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Country | Finland |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Sprinting Hurdling |
Club | Jyväskylän Kenttäurheilijat |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 400m hurdles: 56.94 s (2021) |
Medal record |
Heidi Salminen (born 4 December 2003)[1] is a Finnish athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. In 2021, still 17, she won a gold medal at the World Under 20 Championships as the first Finland's female track medallist ever at such world junior competitions. Heidi improved her pre-championship best by over two seconds, while all four other top women also achieved their lifetime bests.[2][3]
Her personal best in the 400m hurdles is 56.94 seconds (2021 Nairobi).
References
- ^ "Heidi SALMINEN | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Saatsi, Samu; Lund, Sakari (22 August 2021). "Suomen kultasade alle 20-vuotiaiden MM-kisoissa jatkuu: Heidi Salminen kiisi voittoon 400 metrin aidoissa! "Tämä ei tunnu todelliselta"". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Ikonen, Sami (22 August 2021). "Heidi Salminen ei usko MM-kultaa todeksi – valmentaja paljastaa finaalin taktiikan: "Oli pommi"". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
External links
- Heidi Salminen at World Athletics
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World U20 Champions in women's 400 metres hurdles
- 1986:
Claudia Bartl (GDR)
- 1988:
Antje Axmann (GDR)
- 1990:
Nelli Voronkova (URS)
- 1992:
Georgeta Petra (ROM)
- 1994:
Ionela Târlea (ROM)
- 1996:
Ulrike Urbansky (GER)
- 1998:
Li Yulian (CHN)
- 2000:
Jana Pittman (AUS)
- 2002:
Lashinda Demus (USA)
- 2004:
Yekaterina Kostetskaya (RUS)
- 2006:
Kaliese Spencer (JAM)
- 2008:
Takecia Jameson (USA)
- 2010:
Vera Rudakova (RUS)
- 2012:
Janieve Russell (JAM)
- 2014:
Shamier Little (USA)
- 2016:
Anna Cockrell (USA)
- 2018:
Zenéy van der Walt (RSA)
- 2021:
Heidi Salminen (FIN)
- 2022:
Akala Garrett (USA)
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