Reetta Hurske
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Reetta Hurske in 2022
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| Born | 15 May 1995 Ikaalinen, Finland |
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| Education | Tampere University of Applied Sciences[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Finland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tampereen Pyrintö | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Marjukka Suihko | ||||||||||||||||||
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Reetta Sofi Kaarina Hurske (born 15 May 1995)[2] is a Finnish athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She won the gold medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Indoor Championships, winning Finland its first ever medal in this event, after finishing fourth at the 2019 edition.[3] Hurske placed second in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2019 Universiade.
She represented her country at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well as the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships.[4] She is the Finnish indoor record holder for the 60 m hurdles, and won two individual national titles.
Hurske improved the Finnish record in the 60 m hurdles five times in 2023 (7.90, 7.88, 7.86, 7.81 and 7.79 seconds).[5]
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Statistics
File:Women's 60m hurdles podium at Istanbul 2023.jpg
Hurske (centre) with her gold medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul
Personal bests
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- 60 m hurdles – 7.79 (Madrid 2023) NR
- 60 metres indoor – 7.50 (Tampere 2023)
- 100 m hurdles – 12.78 (+1.3 m/s, Joensuu 2019)
- 100 metres – 12.10 (-0.6 m/s, Kauhava 2017)
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | |
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| 2011 | European Youth Olympic Festival | Trabzon, Turkey | 7th | 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) | 13.85 |
| 9th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 47.78 | |||
| 2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 5th | 100 m hurdles | 13.53 |
| 7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 47.18 | |||
| 22nd (q) | Long jump | 5.88 m | |||
| 2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 7th | 100 m hurdles | 13.69 |
| 2015 | European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 12th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.66 |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 21st (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.40 |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | – | 60 m hurdles | DQ |
| European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | 100 m hurdles | 13.32 | |
| Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 11th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.67 | |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 19th (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 8.20 |
| European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 18th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.20 | |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 4th | 60 m hurdles | 8.02 |
| Universiade | Naples, Italy | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | 13.02 | |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 21st (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.24 | |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 29th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.10 |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 23rd (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.15 |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 9th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 12.95 | |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 1st | 60 m hurdles | 7.79 =NR |
National titles
- Finnish Athletics Championships
- 100 m hurdles: 2019
- Finnish Indoor Athletics Championships
- 60 m hurdles: 2023
- 4 × 200 m relay: 2013, 2018
References
- ↑ 2017 Universiade bio
- ↑ Reetta Hurske profile at IAAF
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