Henry Manni

Henry Manni (born 18 June 1992) is a Finnish athlete and paracanoeist who has competed and medaled in both fields at World Championship level.[1] In Paracanoeing he won a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m TA event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań. Manni later switched to athletics as a wheelchair sprinter in the T34 classification. In 2013 he won a bronze in the World Championships in the 200m event, following this with four golds in the 2014 European Championships and three further World championship medals in 2015.[2]

Henry Manni
Personal information
NationalityFinnish
Born (1992-06-18) 18 June 1992
Lahti, Finland
Sport
Country Finland
Sportparacanoe, athletics
Disability classT34
ClubLansi-Uudenmaan Urheilijat
Coached byJuha Flinck (FIN); Marko Hyytiainen (club)
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Men's paracanoe
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
2010 PoznańK-1 200 m TA
Men's athletics
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m T34
IPC Athletics World Championships
2015 Doha400m - T34
2013 Lyon200m - T34
2015 Doha200m - T34
2015 Doha800m - T34
2017 London400m - T34
IPC Athletics European Championships
2014 Swansea100m - T34
2014 Swansea200m - T34
2014 Swansea400m - T34
2014 Swansea800m - T34
2016 Grosseto100m - T34
2016 Grosseto200m - T34
2016 Grosseto400m - T34
2018 Berlin 200 m T34
2018 Berlin 400 m T34
2016 Grosseto800m - T34
2018 Berlin 100 m T34

Personal history

Manni was born in Lahti, Finland in 1992. He was born with paraparesis which saw his ability to walk unaided deteriorated from a young age.[2] He obtained a degree in physical education from Pajulahti Sports Institute in Nastola.[2] His younger brother Tuomas is also a para-athlete, competing in triathlon events.[3]

As a paracanoeist

Manni was inspired to take up disability sport in 2004 after watching Finland's Leo-Pekka Tahti win gold at the Summer Paralympics in Athens.[2] That year, at the age of ten, Manni took up paracanoeing. In 2010 he achieved his best paracanoe result when he won a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m TA event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań, Poland.[2]

As a track athlete

After the 2010 Canoe World Championships Manni switched to track athletics and was classified as a T34 athlete. Specialising in sprint events he was selected for the Finland team at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon. There he entered four events, the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m sprints. He managed a podium finish in the 200m where he took bronze with a time of 30.70 seconds.[2] The next year he travelled to Swansea where he competed in the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships. Without the competition of international athletes such as Tunisia's Walid Ktila and Australia's Rheed McCracken, Manni dominated the field winning four gold medals in all four sprint events.[1]

In the build up to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Manni again represented Finland in the IPC World Championships, this time in Doha. He again entered all four sprint events in the T34 classification, and improved on all four times from his previous World Championship. In Doha he won a silver in the 400m and bronze in both the 200m and 800m events.[2]

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References
  1. "Biography - Overview: Manni, Henry". paralympic.org. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. "Manni, Henry". IPC. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. "Manni, Tuomas". IPC. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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