Saga Andersson
{{Short description|Finnish athlete}}
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| nationality = Finnish
| sport = Athletics
| event = Pole Vault
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| pb =Pole vault: 4.52m (Espoo, 2025)
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Saga Andersson (born 30 March 2000) is a track and field athlete from Finland. She has won multiple Finnish indoor national championships in the pole vault.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/finland/saga-andersson-14544648|title=Saga Andersson|website=World Athletics|accessdate=17 August 2023}}
Early life
Andersson trains in Myllypuro in eastern Helsinki, and competes for Espoo IF. She is coached by her father Björn Andersson. Her younger sister Silja Andersson also pole vaults competitively.{{cite web|url=https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-10006962|website=Svenska.yle|accessdate=17 August 2023|title= Saga Andersson enjoys pole vaulting again – the difficult seasons were instructive: "Now I can handle the unpleasant feelings"|date=6 October 2021}}{{cite web|url= https://www.vantaansanomat.fi/paikalliset/4660794|website=vantaansanomat|accessdate=13 April 2025|title= An exciting set-up between sisters in Vantaa: will little sister Silja soon jump higher than the number one name in Finnish pole vaulting, Saga Andersson?|first=Matti|last=Hannula|date=11 June 2022}}
Career
In 2017, Andersson set a personal best height of 4.42m and finished fourth in the pole vault at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships. She won the Finnish Indoor Athletics Championships title that year, and retained her title in 2018.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7116025?eventId=10229527|website=World Athletics|accessdate=13 April 2025|title=Finnish Indoor Championships|date=18 Feb 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-1392131|website=Svenska.yle.fi|accessdate=17 August 2023|title= Stronger and faster Saga Andersson has trained away the uncertainty: "I learned quite a lot from last year"|date=31 May 2019}}
In February 2022, she won the Finnish Indoor Athletics Championships in Kuopio.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7179595?eventId=10229527|website=World Athletics|accessdate=13 April 2025|title=Finnish Indoor Championships |date=19 February 2022}} In June 2022, Andersson set a new personal best clearance of 4.43m.{{cite web|url=https://www.yleisurheilu.fi/uutinen/saga-andersson-taivutti-ennatyksensa-hyppyyn-on-taas-loytynyt-varmuus-video/|website=yleisurheilu.fi|accessdate=17 August 2023|title= Saga Andersson broke his record: "I have found confidence in the jump again" - Results review 6.2. – VIDEO|date=2 June 2022}} She finished second behind Elina Lampela at the Finnish Athletics Championships in June 2022, with a height of 4.25 metres.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7186836?eventId=10229527 |website=World Athletics|date=25 June 2022|accessdate=13 April 2025|title=Finnish Championships}} Later that year, she competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, finishing in 16th place. Later that year she also competed at 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, finishing in 13th place.{{cite web|url=https://www.vantaa.fi/fi/ajankohtaista/uutinen/10-kysymysta-kumppaniurheilijalle-esittelyssa-saga-andersson|website=Vantaa.fi|accessdate=16 August 2023|title= 10 questions for a partner athlete — introducing Saga Andersson|date= 25 October 2022}}
She finished second behind Lampela again at the Finnish Indoor Championships in February 2023.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7192890?eventId=10229527&gender=W|website=World Athletics|accessdate=13 April 2025|title=Finnish Indoor Championships|date=18 February 2023}} Andersson improved her personal best to 4.50m at the Nordic Championships in Copenhagen in May 2023.{{cite web|url= https://dansk-atletik.dk/nyheder/2023/05/fire-nordiske-mestre-til-danmark-paa-mesterskabets-foerste-dag/|website=dansk-atletik.de|accessdate=17 August 2023|title= Four Nordic champions to Denmark on the first day of the championship|date=27 May 2023|first=Camilla|last=Bevensee}} She was runner-up to Wilma Murto at the 2023 Finnish Championships with 4.40 metres.{{cite web|date=27 July 2023|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7195470?eventId=10229527&gender=W|website=World Athletics|accessdate=13 April 2025|title=Finnish Championships}}
She was runner-up to her sister at the 2025 Finnish Indoor Championships.{{cite web|title= Kähärä, who fought to become champion: "I'm used to giving my best in the last one" - Silja Andersson's turn to win - Kosonen and Davidila become champions|url=https://www.yleisurheilu.fi/uutinen/mestariksi-ponnistanut-kahara-viimeisella-olen-tottunut-laittamaan-parhaani-silja-anderssonin-vuoro-voittaa-kosonen-ja-davidila-mestareiksi/|website=yleisurheilu.fi|accessdate=13 April 2025|date=17 February 2024}}{{cite web|date=17 February 2024|website=World Athletics|title=Finnish indoor championships|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7205743?eventId=10229527|accessdate=8 June 2024}} She was named in the Finnish team for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, but did not progress to the final.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5640/women-pole-vault-results-european-athletics-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=9 April 2025|title= Women Pole Vault Results - European Athletics Championships 2024|date=7 June 2024}}{{cite web|title=Tässä on Suomen 67 urheilijan joukkue Rooman EM-kisoihin – Wilma Murto ansaitsi Suomelle yllätyspaikan|language=Finnish|website=Helsingin Sanomat|date=30 May 2024|accessdate=3 June 2024|url= https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000010465617.html}} She competed at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, but did not progress to the final.{{cite web|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=13 April 2025|title= Women's Pole Vault Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025|date=8 March 2025|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6411/women-s-pole-vault-results-european-athletics-indoor-championships-2025}}
Personal life
Andersson has a following on social media, and has posted videos on social media which have had millions of views.{{cite web|url=https://www.is.fi/yleisurheilu/art-2000009749567.html|website=is.fi|accessdate=17 August 2023|title=Saga Andersson, 23, posted a harmless video - the consequences were startling: "I don't understand!"|date=29 July 2023}}
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