Ari-Pekka Liukkonen

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Born9 February 1989 (1989-02-09) (age 36)
Pieksämäki, Finland
Height2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
Liukkonen in 2015
Personal information
Born9 February 1989 (1989-02-09) (age 36)
Pieksämäki, Finland
Height2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Finland
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place2020 Budapest50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2014 Berlin50 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place2012 Chartres4×50 m mixed freestyle

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (born 9 February 1989) is a Finnish swimmer, European champion and[1] Green League's councilman.[2] He competed in the 50 m freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3][4] He is the Finnish record holder over that distance with a time of 21.58 sec, as well as the short course record in the 50 m.[5] He also holds the 100 m freestyle record, at 49.44 seconds. At the 2016 Olympics he swam in the 50 and 100 m freestyle events.[3]

On 2 February 2014, Liukkonen came out as gay in an Yle interview, thus becoming one of the first openly gay top-level athletes in Finland.[6][7]

Career in politics

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