Irja Lipasti

{{Short description|Finnish athlete (1905–2000)}}

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| name = Irja Lipasti

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| nationality = Finnish

| sport = Sprinting

| event = 4 × 100 metres relay, high jump, long jump, javelin throw

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|9|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Seinäjoki, Finland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|4|18|1905|9|27|df=yes}}

| death_place = Riihimäki, Finland

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Irja Salli Maria Sarnama (born Lipasti 27 September 1905 – 18 April 2000) was a Finnish sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay, High Jump and javelin throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/irja-lipasti-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182253/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/irja-lipasti-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Irja Lipasti Olympic Results |accessdate=12 August 2017}} She also competed in the 1938 European Championships as Finland's first female representative to that event. She set the Finnish record for the high jump in 1933 at 1.50m. Her record lasted until 1951.

Under the name Irja Sarnama, she continued to excel into Masters athletics, setting numerous world records across a variety of disciplines; sprints, jumps and throws.{{cite web |url=http://mastershistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/SAR-1988.pdf |title=Master Age Records

|website=mastershistory.org|year=1988|access-date=11 August 2023}}