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Eveliina Määttänen
Personal information
NationalityFinnish
Born (1995-09-01) 1 September 1995 (age 29)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best800m: 1:59.81 (Budapest 2023)

Eveliina Määttänen (born 1 September 1995) is a track and field athlete from Finland who has won multiple national championships titles, predominantly over 800 metres. She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]

Career

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She won the Finnish Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2022 over 800 metres.[2] Competing outdoors, she won the Finnish Athletics Championships in June 2022 over 800 metres, running a time of 2:03.60.[3] Määttänen subsequently participated in the 800 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.[4] In the same year she also competed in the 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships in Munich.[5]

In 2023, she participated in the World Championships in Budapest, and qualified from the heats for the semi-final of the 800 metres in a time of 2:00.41.[6]

She competed for Finland at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres in Glasgow.[7] She finished third in the 800 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024.[8] She was named in the Finnish team for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, where she finished second in her heat to reach the semi-finals but did not progress to the final.[9][10] She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024. She ran 2:00.97 in her qualifying round and ran in the repechage round but did not qualify for the semi-finals.[11]

She won her qualifying heat at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn in 2:02.73. However, she did not progress from the semi-final stage.[12][13]

Personal life

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From Kerava, she graduated as a pharmacist in 2019 and works in a pharmacy in addition to sports. She is married to Slovenian athlete Jan Petrac. Her brother, Jaakko Määttänen, is also an international athlete. He has represented Finland as a race walker.[14][15]

References

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  1. ^ "E.Maattanen". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Finnish Indoor Championships". World Athletcis. 22 Feb 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Finnish Championships". World Athletics. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  4. ^ Rein, Pasi (22 July 2022). "Eveliina Määttänen had a tough ride in the heats". ess.fi. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  5. ^ Monstovic, Robert (18 August 2022). "Espoo's Tapioen athletes get into real action at the European Championships - this is how Eveliina and Jaakko Määttänen set their goals". Lansivayla.fi. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Women's 800m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". World Athletics. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Women's 800m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  8. ^ Johnson, Robert (June 2, 2024). "2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results". Letsrun. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  9. ^ "European Championships". World Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Tässä on Suomen 67 urheilijan joukkue Rooman EM-kisoihin – Wilma Murto ansaitsi Suomelle yllätyspaikan". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 30 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Women's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Lotta Harala suffered a crippling fall in the European Championship final". Iltalehti.fi. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  13. ^ "European Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  14. ^ Hanninen, Petri (21 July 2022). "The pharmacist from Kerava completely rose to the World Championships - Eveliina Määttänen, 26, improved her record in half a year by an amazing 11 seconds". yle.fi. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  15. ^ "With the strength of 68 athletes – This is the Finnish team at the European Athletics Championships". Seiska.fi. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
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