Sofi Flink Explained

Sofi Flink
Fullname:Ida Sofi Emilia Flink
Nationality:Swedish
Birth Date:8 July 1995
Birth Place:Hallstahammar, Sweden
Height:1.68 m
Weight:71 kg
Country:
Sport:Athletics
Event:Javelin throw
Pb:NR 61.96 m (2013)

Ida Sofi Emilia Flink (born 8 July 1995) is a Swedish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. Her personal best throw of 61.96 m is the Swedish women's record.

Career

Flink won silver at her first international competition, the 2011 World Youth Championships. In 2012, she won gold at the World Junior Championships. In July 2013, she won gold at the European Junior Championships. The next month she competed at the 2013 World Championships, her first senior international competition. She set a personal best and Swedish record of 61.96 m to advance through the qualification round then finished tenth in the final with a 59.52 m throw.[1]

In July 2014, Flink sought to defend her title at the World Junior Championships.[2] She ultimately finished second, losing her title to Ekaterina Starygina. In August, she competed at the 2014 European Championships, where she made it through the qualification round and finished twelfth in the final.

Flink next competed at the 2016 European Championships. She finished twenty-third in the qualification round and did not advance to the final. She participated in the 2017 European U23 Championships, where she failed to register a valid throw in the qualifiers.

Competition record

Representing
2011World Youth ChampionshipsLille Métropole, France2nd52.25 m
2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spainbgcolor=gold1st61.40 m
2013European Junior ChampionshipsRieti, Italybgcolor=gold1st57.91 m
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia10th59.52 m
2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United Statesbgcolor=silver2nd56.70 m
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland12th56.68 m
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands23rd (q)54.38 m
2017European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, PolandNM
2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany10th56.91 m

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JVM-guld till Flink | Friidrott | Sportbladet | Aftonbladet . Aftonbladet.se . 2012-07-11 . 2012-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120714233551/http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/friidrott/article15107369.ab . 2012-07-14 . live .
  2. Web site: 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships - Swede seeks to defend IAAF World Junior javelin title . Oregon14.com . 22 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222232911/http://oregon14.com/swede-seeks-to-defend-iaaf-world-junior-javelin-title/ . December 22, 2014 .