Linda Sandblom
Sandblom in 2018
Personal information
Born (1989-10-18) October 18, 1989
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Finland
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump

Linda Maria Sandblom (born 18 October 1989, Hanko) is a Finnish high jumper, who represents HIK Friidrott Hanko. Until 2013 she represented Hangö IK. She is coached by Matti Nieminen and Leif Sandblom.[1]

At the Finnish Indoor Championships Sandblom has won gold in 2016, silver in 2009 and 2014 and bronze in 2013.

Sandblom set a new Finnish record, 193 cm, on 25 June 2016 in Kuortane at the Elite Games.[2] Her indoor record is 185 cm which she jumped in Jyväskylä on 17 February 2013.[1] She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics finishing in 26th place.[3] Sandblom's outdoor record of 193 cm was broken by Ella Junnila twice in 2019, first on 11 June 2019 at the Paavo Nurmi Games when Junnila jumped 194 cm[4] and in July 2019 at a competition in Tampere when Junnila jumped 195 cm.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Linda Sandblom at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. ↑ "Linda Sandblom hyppäsi korkeuden uuden SE-tuloksen – rikkoi samalla Rion olympiarajan". 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  3. ↑ "SANDBLOM Linda". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  4. ↑ "Paavo Nurmi Games 11.6.2019 Turku, Finland - LIVE-results - W High jump National". time4results.com. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "IAAF Profile".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.