Niina Kelo Explained

Niina Kelo
Fullname:	Niina Anneli Kelo
Birth Date:	26 March 1980
Birth Place:	Järvenpää, Finland
Height:	1.78m (05.84feet)
Country:	Finland
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Heptathlon
Regionals:	15th at the 2006 and 2012 European Championships
Olympics:	23rd at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Pb:	200 m: 25.65 (August 2006) 800 m: 2:18.92 (August 2006) 100 m hurdles: 13.90 (August 2006) High jump: 1.68 (July 2006) Long jump: 5.99 (August 2006) Shot put: 15.19 (August 2004) Javelin: 54.47 (June 2011) Heptathlon: 5956 (August 2006)

Niina Anneli Kelo (born 26 March 1980 in Järvenpää) is a Finnish athlete who specialises in the heptathlon.

Kelo represented Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she finished 23rd in the heptathlon, scoring a season best of 5911 points.^[1]

Achievements

Representing Finland
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	13th (q)	Discus	50.19 m
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	13th	Heptathlon	5434
2005	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	14th (q)	Discus throw	49.99 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	15th	Heptathlon	5956,
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	23rd	Heptathlon	5911,
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	15th	Heptathlon	5692

Notes and References

1. Web site: Heptathlon - Women. IAAF. 8 August 2008. 29 June 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090917191322/http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=HEP/combCode=HEP/roundCode=7/summary.html#detW_800_HEP_u. 17 September 2009.