Eveliina Määttänen
Finnish athlete (born 1995)
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Eveliina Määttänen (born 1 September 1995) is a track and field athlete from Finland who has won multiple national championships titles, predominantly over 800 metres. She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Born | 1 September 1995 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | 800 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 800m: 1:59.81 (Budapest 2023) |
Career
She won the Finnish Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2022 over 800 metres.[2] Competing outdoors, she won the Finnish Athletics Championships in June 2022 over 800 metres, running a time of 2:03.60.[3] Määttänen subsequently participated in the 800 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.[4] In the same year she also competed in the 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships in Munich.[5]
In 2023, she participated in the World Championships in Budapest, and qualified from the heats for the semi-final of the 800 metres in a time of 2:00.41.[6]
She competed for Finland at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres in Glasgow.[7] She finished third in the 800 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024.[8] She was named in the Finnish team for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, where she finished second in her heat to reach the semi-finals but did not progress to the final.[9][10] She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024. She ran 2:00.97 in her qualifying round and ran in the repechage round but did not qualify for the semi-finals.[11]
She won her qualifying heat at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn in 2:02.73. However, she did not progress from the semi-final stage.[12][13] In September, she competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[14]