Sanni Utriainen
{{Short description|Finnish javelin thrower (born 1991)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|02|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nokia, Finland
| height = {{convert|170|cm|ftin}}
| weight = {{convert|64|kg|lbs}}
| country = {{FIN}}
| sport =
| event = Javelin throw
| club = Nokian Urheilijat
Tampereen Pyrintö
| collegeteam =
| coach = Esa Utriainen
Tero Järvenpää
| highestranking =
| pb = Javelin: 63.03 (2015)
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2010 Moncton|Javelin throw}}
| updated = 10 August 2015
}}
Sanni Marja Anniina Utriainen (born 5 February 1991) is a Finnish javelin thrower. She won gold at the 2010 World Junior Championships and competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Utriainen was born in Nokia, Finland on 5 February 1991.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ut/sanni-utriainen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180242/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ut/sanni-utriainen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Sanni Utriainen Bio, Stats and Results |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=10 August 2015}} Her father, Esa Utriainen, was Finnish champion in men's javelin throw in 1979 and represented Finland at the 1983 World Championships.{{tilastopaja|id=1746|fi=yes|name=Esa Utriainen}} Sanni Utriainen first broke 50 metres in 2008, throwing 51.89 m at the Pihtipudas Javelin Carnival and winning the Finnish youth championship with 51.00 m.{{tilastopaja|id=6743|fi=yes|sex=w}} In 2009, she placed ninth at the European Junior Championships in Novi Sad, throwing 51.25 m in the qualification and 48.45 m in the final.
At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Moncton Utriainen won gold, throwing a personal best 56.69 m on her final attempt to overtake Latvia's Līna Mūze by five centimetres.{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/womens-javelin-final |title=Women's Javelin final |author=Arcoleo, Laura |publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations |date=22 July 2010 |accessdate=10 August 2015}} Later that summer she won gold at the Finnish championships in Kajaani, throwing 56.29 m for her first (and, {{as of|2015|lc=y}}, only) national senior title; she also won at the Finland-Sweden Athletics International, setting a new personal best of 57.26 m.
In the following years Utriainen's results stagnated; although she improved her personal best in each of 2011, 2012 and 2013, the improvements were only minor, and she didn't reach the international elite.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.apu.fi/artikkeli/sanni-utriainen-kisarajasta-ei-auta-tehda-apinaa |magazine=Apu |date=1 August 2015 |accessdate=10 August 2015 |author=Luikku, Susanna |language=Finnish |title=Sanni Utriainen: Kisarajasta ei auta tehdä apinaa}} Her best throw in 2012, 59.31 m, was a Finnish under-23 record and exceeded the B standard for the Olympics in London;{{cite web |url=http://yle.fi/urheilu/utriainen_ylitti_keihaassa_lontoon_b-rajan/6149277 |title=Utriainen ylitti keihäässä Lontoon B-rajan |date=1 June 2012 |accessdate=10 August 2015 |publisher=Yleisradio |language=Finnish |author=Uusitalo, Timo}} she was selected for the Olympics, but went out in the qualifying round, not registering a valid mark on any of her three attempts. In 2013, she improved her national under-23 record by four centimetres to 59.35 m. She missed the 2014 season almost entirely due to an elbow injury.
Utriainen broke 60 metres for the first time in June 2015 in Lappeenranta, throwing 60.08 m.{{cite web |title=Sanni Utriainen viskasi yli 60 metriä! |publisher=MTV3 |language=Finnish |date=3 June 2015 |accessdate=10 August 2015 |url=http://www.mtv.fi/sport/yleisurheilu/uutinen/artikkeli/sanni-utriainen-viskaisi-yli-60-metria/5158098}} At the 2015 national championships in early August she only managed 57.59 m and placed second behind Oona Sormunen, but the following week she threw 63.03 m in Kuortane, improving her personal best by almost three metres and exceeding the qualifying standard for the World Championships in Beijing.{{cite web |url=http://yle.fi/urheilu/hurja_keihastulos_kuortaneella__mm-raja_komeasti_puhki/8212617 |title=Hurja keihästulos Kuortaneella – MM-raja komeasti puhki |author=Visuri, Roope |language=Finnish |accessdate=10 August 2015 |publisher=Yleisradio |date=8 August 2015}}
=Coaching=
Utriainen is coached by her father Esa.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.fi/sport/yleisurheilu/uutinen/artikkeli/esa-utriainen-keihasvalmentajaksi-qatariin/4677052 |title=Esa Utriainen keihäsvalmentajaksi Qatariin |publisher=MTV3 |date=8 January 2015 |accessdate=10 August 2015 |language=Finnish}} Former javelin thrower Tero Järvenpää became her secondary coach in 2015.{{cite news |url=http://www.iltasanomat.fi/yleisurheilu/art-1438400634139.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822082452/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/yleisurheilu/art%2D1438400634139.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 22, 2015 |title=Pekingiin vai ei? Utriaisen kisapaikasta senttipeliä |language=Finnish |newspaper=Ilta-Sanomat |date=1 August 2015 |accessdate=10 August 2015 |author=Holopainen, Pekka}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
{{Footer World Junior Champions women's javelin throw}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Nokia, Finland
Category:Athletes from Pirkanmaa
Category:Finnish female javelin throwers
Category:Olympic athletes for Finland
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics