National Team: | Finland |
Birth Place: | Jyväskylä, Finland |
Country: | Finland |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Sprinting Hurdling |
Club: | Jyväskylän Kenttäurheilijat |
Pb: | 400m hurdles 56.94 s (2021) |
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).