Maria Huntington

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| caption = Huntington in 2020

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|3|13}}

| height = {{height|m=1.71}}

| weight = {{cvt|61|kg}}

| country = {{FIN}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = Heptathlon

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| pb = {{ubl|Heptathlon: 6,339 pts (2019)}}

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Maria Huntington (born 13 March 1997) is a Finnish track and field athlete, specialising in heptathlon. She is coached by Matti Liimatainen.

Early life

Huntington was born to a Finnish mother and an English father. She moved to Finland from England with her family when she was five years old. Huntington holds dual citizenship of Finland and the United Kingdom.{{cite web |url=https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000005784665.html |title=Maria Huntington selvisi urheilupomojen karmeasta mokasta säikähdyksellä – Voisi edustaa EM-kisoissa myös synnyinmaataan Britanniaa |last1=Pusa |first1=Ari |date=9 August 2018 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi |access-date=7 July 2019}}

Career

Huntington represented Finland in 2018 European Athletics Championships in heptathlon and finished 19th with a result of 5,731 points.{{Cite web|title=Final results|url=http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW700000_C73U.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813004920/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW700000_C73U.pdf|archive-date=13 August 2018|access-date=6 July 2019|df=dmy-all}} She competed in the 2019 World Championships in Doha, where she withdrew from the heptathlon after the first day.{{Cite web|title=Huntington joutui keskeyttämään ottelunsa|url=https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-11004057|access-date=2021-09-01|website=Yle Urheilu|language=fi}} In August 2021, Huntington finished in the 17th place in the hepathlon at the Tokyo Olympics with 6,135 points.{{Cite web|last=admin|title=Maria Huntington took 17th place and complained about the lack of performance – Sport|url=https://remonews.com/finlandeng/maria-huntington-took-17th-place-and-complained-about-the-lack-of-performance-sport/|access-date=2021-09-01|language=en-US}}

Huntington's heptathlon personal best is 6,339 points, achieved in Lappeenranta in August 2019.

In her podcast Timeout she announced her retirement due to pregnancy in January 2024.https://podimo.com/no/shows/timeout-22

Competition record

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colspan="5"\|Representing {{FIN}}
2015 \|European Junior Championships \|Eskilstuna, Sweden \|13th \|5214 pts
2016 \|World U20 Championships \|Bydgoszcz, Poland \|{{athAbbr\|DNF}} \|
2017 \|European U23 Championships \|Bydgoszcz, Poland \|22nd \|5327 pts
2018 \|European Championships \|Berlin, Germany \|19th \|5731 pts
rowspan=2\|2019 \|European U23 Championships \|Gävle, Sweden \|{{athAbbr\|DNF}} \|DNF
World Championships \|Doha, Qatar \|{{athAbbr\|DNF}} \|DNF
2021 \|Olympic Games \|Tokyo, Japan \|17th \|6135 pts

colspan="5"|Representing {{FIN}}

2015

|European Junior Championships

|Eskilstuna, Sweden

|13th

|5214 pts

2016

|World U20 Championships

|Bydgoszcz, Poland

|{{athAbbr|DNF}}

2017

|European U23 Championships