Sanni Utriainen

Sanni Marja Anniina Utriainen (born 5 February 1991) is a Finnish javelin thrower. She won gold at the 2010 World Junior Championships and competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Sanni Utriainen

Personal information
Born	(1991-02-05) 5 February 1991 Nokia, Finland
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Finland
Event(s)	Javelin throw
Club	Nokian Urheilijat Tampereen Pyrintö
Coached by	Esa Utriainen Tero Järvenpää
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Javelin: 63.03 (2015)
Medal record World Junior Championships 2010 Moncton Javelin throw
Updated on 10 August 2015.

Biography

Utriainen was born in Nokia, Finland on 5 February 1991.[1] Her father, Esa Utriainen, was Finnish champion in men's javelin throw in 1979 and represented Finland at the 1983 World Championships.[2] Sanni Utriainen first broke 50 metres in 2008, throwing 51.89 m at the Pihtipudas Javelin Carnival and winning the Finnish youth championship with 51.00 m.[3] In 2009, she placed ninth at the European Junior Championships in Novi Sad, throwing 51.25 m in the qualification and 48.45 m in the final.[3]

At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Moncton Utriainen won gold, throwing a personal best 56.69 m on her final attempt to overtake Latvia's Līna Mūze by five centimetres.[4] Later that summer she won gold at the Finnish championships in Kajaani, throwing 56.29 m for her first (and, as of 2015, only) national senior title; she also won at the Finland-Sweden Athletics International, setting a new personal best of 57.26 m.[3]

In the following years Utriainen's results stagnated; although she improved her personal best in each of 2011, 2012 and 2013, the improvements were only minor, and she didn't reach the international elite.[3][5] Her best throw in 2012, 59.31 m, was a Finnish under-23 record and exceeded the B standard for the Olympics in London;[6] she was selected for the Olympics, but went out in the qualifying round, not registering a valid mark on any of her three attempts.[1] In 2013, she improved her national under-23 record by four centimetres to 59.35 m.[3] She missed the 2014 season almost entirely due to an elbow injury.[5]

Utriainen broke 60 metres for the first time in June 2015 in Lappeenranta, throwing 60.08 m.[7] At the 2015 national championships in early August she only managed 57.59 m and placed second behind Oona Sormunen, but the following week she threw 63.03 m in Kuortane, improving her personal best by almost three metres and exceeding the qualifying standard for the World Championships in Beijing.[5][8]

Coaching

Utriainen is coached by her father Esa.[9] Former javelin thrower Tero Järvenpää became her secondary coach in 2015.[10]

References

1. "Sanni Utriainen Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
2. Esa Utriainen at Tilastopaja (in Finnish) (registration required)
3. Sanni Utriainen at Tilastopaja (in Finnish) (registration required)
4. Arcoleo, Laura (22 July 2010). "Women's Javelin final". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
5. Luikku, Susanna (1 August 2015). "Sanni Utriainen: Kisarajasta ei auta tehdä apinaa". Apu (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 August 2015.
6. Uusitalo, Timo (1 June 2012). "Utriainen ylitti keihäässä Lontoon B-rajan" (in Finnish). Yleisradio. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
7. "Sanni Utriainen viskasi yli 60 metriä!" (in Finnish). MTV3. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
8. Visuri, Roope (8 August 2015). "Hurja keihästulos Kuortaneella – MM-raja komeasti puhki" (in Finnish). Yleisradio. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
9. "Esa Utriainen keihäsvalmentajaksi Qatariin" (in Finnish). MTV3. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
10. Holopainen, Pekka (1 August 2015). "Pekingiin vai ei? Utriaisen kisapaikasta senttipeliä". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 August 2015.

External links

• Sanni Utriainen at World Athletics