Nooralotta Neziri

{{Short description|Finnish hurdler (born 1992)}}

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Nooralotta Maria Neziri (born 9 November 1992 in Turku, Finland) is a Finnish 100 meter hurdler.

She was born to a Finnish mother and a Macedonian Albanian father in Turku, and lived in Pori from her early childhood until June 2017 when she moved to Jyväskylä,{{cite web|url=http://www.iltasanomat.fi/yleisurheilu/art-1288540349603.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130729131748/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/yleisurheilu/art-1288540349603.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |title= Ei mitään ilmaiseksi |publisher= Ilta-Sanomat |date=22 December 2012 | language = Finnish |accessdate=29 July 2013}} but moved back to Pori in October 2022.{{Cite web | url=https://www.satakunnankansa.fi/urheilu/art-2000009149438.html | title=Nooralotta Neziri palasi Poriin | publisher=Satakunnan Kansa | date=24 October 2022 | accessdate=17 July 2024 }} Neziri's record in 100m hurdles is 12.81.{{cite web|url=http://yle.fi/urheilu/neziri_sivusi_suomen_ennatysta_ja_lunasti_mm-kisalipun/6752030 |title= Neziri sivusi Suomen ennätystä ja lunasti MM-kisalipun |publisher= Yle |date=28 August 2013 | language = Finnish |accessdate=29 July 2013}} Together with Reetta Hurske, Neziri is also a Finnish record holder in women's indoor 60 metres hurdles with a time of 7.92. Her 100m personal best is 11.48, which makes her the 8th fastest Finnish woman of all-time.

Competition record

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colspan="6"|Representing {{FIN}}
2009

|World Youth Championships

|Brixen, Italy

|5th

|100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)

|13.44

2010

|World Junior Championships

|Moncton, Canada

|5th

|100 m hurdles

|13.49 (+0.9 m/s)

2011

|European Junior Championships

|Tallinn, Estonia

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|100 m hurdles

|13.34

2012

|European Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|17th (h)

|100 m hurdles

|13.23

rowspan=3|2013

|European Indoor Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|8th

|60 m hurdles

|8.19

European U23 Championships

|Tampere, Finland

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|100 m hurdles

|13.39 (-0.1 m/s)

World Championships

|Moscow, Russia

|17th (sf)

|100 m hurdles

|13.04 (NR)

rowspan=3|2014

|World Indoor Championships

|Sopot, Poland

|25th (h)

|60 m hurdles

|8.21

rowspan=2|European Championships

|rowspan=2|Zürich, Switzerland

|17th (h)

|100 m hurdles

|13.17

11th (h)

|4x100 m relay

|44.22

rowspan=2|2015

|European Indoor Championships

|Prague, Czech Republic

|6th

|60 m hurdles

|7.97 (NR)

World Championships

|Beijing, China

|24th (h)

|100 m hurdles

|13.13

rowspan=2|2016

|European Championships

|Amsterdam, Netherlands

|14th (sf)

|100 m hurdles

|13.05

Olympic Games

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|18th (sf)

|100 m hurdles

|13.04

rowspan=2|2018

|World Indoor Championships

|Birmingham, United Kingdom

|18th (sf)

|60 m hurdles

|8.20

European Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|8th (sf)

|100 m hurdles

|12.94

rowspan=2|2019

|European Indoor Championships

|Glasgow, United Kingdom

|6th

|60 m hurdles

|8.09

World Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|14th (sf)

|100 m hurdles

|12.89

2021

|European Indoor Championships

|Toruń, Poland

|4th

|60 m hurdles

|7.93

References