Sofi Flink
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Full name | Ida Sofi Emilia Flink | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1995-07-08) 8 July 1995 (age 29) Hallstahammar, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal bests | NR 61.96 m (2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ida Sofi Emilia Flink (born 8 July 1995) is a Swedish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. Her personal best throw of 61.96 m is the Swedish women's record.
Career
Flink won silver at her first international competition, the 2011 World Youth Championships. In 2012, she won gold at the World Junior Championships. In July 2013, she won gold at the European Junior Championships. The next month she competed at the 2013 World Championships, her first senior international competition. She set a personal best and Swedish record of 61.96 m to advance through the qualification round then finished tenth in the final with a 59.52 m throw.[1]
In July 2014, Flink sought to defend her title at the World Junior Championships.[2] She ultimately finished second, losing her title to Ekaterina Starygina. In August, she competed at the 2014 European Championships, where she made it through the qualification round and finished twelfth in the final.
Flink next competed at the 2016 European Championships. She finished twenty-third in the qualification round and did not advance to the final. She participated in the 2017 European U23 Championships, where she failed to register a valid throw in the qualifiers.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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2011 | World Youth Championships | Lille Métropole, France | 2nd | 52.25 m |
2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | 61.40 m |
2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 1st | 57.91 m |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 10th | 59.52 m | |
2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 2nd | 56.70 m |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 12th | 56.68 m | |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 23rd (q) | 54.38 m |
2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | – | NM |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 10th | 56.91 m |
References
- ^ "JVM-guld till Flink | Friidrott | Sportbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se. 2012-07-11. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
- ^ "2014 IAAF World Junior Championships - Swede seeks to defend IAAF World Junior javelin title". Oregon14.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
External links
- Sofi Flink at World Athletics
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- 1986:
Xiomara Rivero (CUB)
- 1988:
Karen Forkel (GDR)
- 1990:
Tanja Damaske (GDR)
- 1992:
Claudia Isăilă (ROM)
- 1994:
Taina Kolkkala (FIN)
- 1996:
Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
- 1998:
Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
- 2000:
Jarmila Klimešová (CZE)
- 2002:
Linda Brîvule (LAT)
- 2004:
Vivian Zimmer (GER)
- 2006:
Sandra Schaffarzik (GER)
- 2008:
Vera Rebrik (UKR)
- 2010:
Sanni Utriainen (FIN)
- 2012:
Sofi Flink (SWE)
- 2014:
Ekaterina Starygina (RUS)
- 2016:
Klaudia Maruszewska (POL)
- 2018:
Alina Shukh (UKR)
- 2021:
Adriana Vilagoš (SRB)
- 2022:
Adriana Vilagoš (SRB)