Sofi Flink

Sofi Flink
Personal information
Full name Ida Sofi Emilia Flink
Nationality Swedish
Born (1995-07-08) 8 July 1995
Hallstahammar, Sweden
Sport
Country  Sweden
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 61.96 m (Moskow 2013)

Sofi Flink (born 8 July 1995) is a Swedish athlete who has the Swedish national record for javelin throwing, a record she got when she broke her previous record at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, with a throw of 61.96 in the qualifying round. At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow Flink came in 10th place in the final after throwing 59.52 in her first senior competition.[1] In 2013, Flink won the gold medal at the European Junior Championships after throwing only one centimetre longer than the second Christin Hussong.[2]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Sweden
2011 World Youth Championships Lille Métropole, France 2nd 52.25 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 61.40 m
2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 1st 57.91 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 10th 59.52 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 2nd 56.70 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 12th 56.68 m

References

  1. "JVM-guld till Flink | Friidrott | Sportbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se. 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  2. "2014 IAAF World Junior Championships - Swede seeks to defend IAAF World Junior javelin title". Oregon14.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014. horizontal tab character in |title= at position 37 (help)

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