Marjaana Heikkinen Explained

Marjaana Heikkinen
Nationality:Finnish
Sport:track and field
Event:Shot put
Javelin throw
Club:Siilinjarven Ponnistus
Coach:Kimmo Kinnunen
Birth Date:19 April 1967
Disability:Spinal cord injuries
Disability Class:T34
Birth Place:Kuopio, Finland
Residence:Kuopio, Finland

Marjaana Heikkinen (née Huovinen; born 19 April 1967[1]) is a Finnish Paralympic athlete competing in F34 classification throwing events.[2]

Career

Heikkinen represented Finland at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London, entering the javelin throw and the shot put.[3] She finished fourth in the shot and in the javelin, which stretched over four classifications, she threw a distance of 19.47 metres to win the bronze medal. As well as Paralympic success, Heikkinen has won medals at both World and European Championships, including a javelin gold at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.siipo.com/fi/page/184 Marjaana Heikkinen
  2. Web site: Heikkinen, Marjaana. IPC Athletics. 25 August 2016.
  3. Web site: Heikkinen, Marjaana. International Paralympic Committee. 25 August 2016. 27 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160827205526/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=903981. dead.