Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
Finnish swimmer
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Born | 9 February 1989 (1989-02-09) (age 35) Pieksämäki, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (born 9 February 1989) is a Finnish swimmer and European champion.[1] He competed in the 50 m freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3] He is the Finnish record holder over that distance with a time of 21.58 sec, as well as the short course record in the 50 m.[4] He also holds the 100 m freestyle record, at 49.44 seconds. At the 2016 Olympics he swam in the 50 and 100 m freestyle events.[2]
Personal life
On 2 February 2014, Liukkonen came out as gay in an Yle interview, thus becoming one of the first openly gay top-level athletes in Finland.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen". SwimRankings.net.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "London 2012 profile". Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Smashes Finnish 50 Free Record In 21.58". SwimSwam. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Suomalainen olympiauimari kaapista ulos - "Vihdoin voin olla oma itseni"" (in Finnish). Yle. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ Buzinski, Jim (22 July 2021). "Gay Olympics swimmer makes waves in and out of the water". Outsports. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
External links
- Ari-Pekka Liukkonen at World Aquatics
- Ari-Pekka Liukkonen at Olympedia
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Preceded by | Flagbearer for Finland (with Satu Mäkelä-Nummela) Tokyo 2020 | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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- 1987: Jörg Woithe (GDR)
- 1989: Vladimir Tkacenko (URS)
- 1991: Nils Rudolph (GER)
- 1993: Alexander Popov (RUS)
- 1995: Alexander Popov (RUS)
- 1997: Alexander Popov (RUS)
- 1999: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
- 2000: Alexander Popov (RUS)
- 2002: Bartosz Kizierowski (POL)
- 2004: Alexander Popov (RUS)
- 2006: Bartosz Kizierowski (POL)
- 2008: Alain Bernard (FRA)
- 2010: Frédérick Bousquet (FRA)
- 2012: Frédérick Bousquet (FRA)
- 2014: Florent Manaudou (FRA)
- 2016: Florent Manaudou (FRA)
- 2018: Ben Proud (GBR)
- 2020: Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (FIN)
- 2022: Ben Proud (GBR)
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