Senni Salminen
Senni Marjaana Salminen (born 29 January 1996) is a Finnish athlete who competes in the triple jump.[1]
Born in Helsinki, she competes for Imatra athletics club and is coached by former Olympian Matti Mononen.[2]
Salminen gained her first international experience in 2015 when she took fifth place in the triple jump at the Junior European Championships in Eskilstuna with a jump of 12.98m.[3] In 2017 she reached eleventh place with 13.01 m at the U23 European Championships in Bydgoszcz. In 2021 she finished seventh at the European Indoor Championships in Toruń with 14.14m.
In 2020, Salminen became the Finnish champion in the long jump outdoors and in 2021 indoors. In addition, she was triple jump indoor champion in 2020 and 2021. Salminen jumped a new Finnish record of 14.5 at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku usurping the 18 year old previous record of Heli Koivula Kruger by 12cm. With that jump she became the leading European in the year so far and surpassed the minimum for qualification to the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Senni SALMINEN | Profile". www.worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Kiksit: Senni Salminen joutui selättämään loukkaantumiset ja masennuksen palatakseen huipulle — Maajoukkuekolmiloikkaaja saa nyt henkistä apua psykoterapeutilta ja käyttää omia valokuviaan tunnemaailmansa ymmärtämiseen". Uutisvuoksi. December 25, 2019.
- ^ "Senni Salminen loikkasi EM-finaalin viidenneksi". July 17, 2015.
- ^ "Senni Salmiselta järisyttävät loikat! 18 vuotta vanha Suomen ennätys on historiaa". Ilta-Sanomat. June 8, 2021.
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