Matti Mattsson
Finnish swimmer
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| Born | 5 October 1993 (1993-10-05) (age 30) Pori, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matti Mattsson (born 5 October 1993 in Pori, Finland)[1] is a Finnish swimmer.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke, finishing in 17th place overall in the heats and failing to qualify for the semifinals. In Barcelona at the 2013 Swimming World Championships, he won bronze medal in Men's 200 metre breaststroke.[3] He has qualified to represent Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4] He won bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Men's 200 metre breaststroke.
In January 2022, Mattsson was named the 2021 Sports Personality of the Year.[5]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Matti Mattsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ "Matti Mattsson". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Daniel Gyurta 200 Breaststroke World Championhips Winner – Post Race Interview". Swimswam.com. 2 August 2013.
- ^ "Tokio 2020: Suomen joukkueen olympiapaikat, karsintojen aikataulut ja kisoihin valitut urheilijat". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 22 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Visuri, Roope (13 January 2022). "Matti Mattsson on vuoden urheilija 2021 komealla äänisaalilla! Leijonat niukasti Vuoden joukkue – katso tästä Urheilugaalassa palkittuja". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). Yleisradio. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
External links
- Matti Mattsson at World Aquatics
- Matti Mattsson at Olympedia
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Finnish Sports Personality of the Year
- 1947: Mikko Hietanen & Lassi Parkkinen
- 1948: Heikki Hasu
- 1949: Viljo Heino
- 1950: Heikki Hasu
- 1951: Veikko Karvonen
- 1952–1954: Veikko Hakulinen
- 1955: Voitto Hellstén
- 1956: Antti Hyvärinen
- 1957: Olavi Vuorisalo
- 1958: Vilho Ylönen
- 1959: Juhani Järvinen
- 1960: Veikko Hakulinen
- 1961: Kalevi Huuskonen
- 1962: Pentti Nikula
- 1963: Pentti Eskola
- 1964: Eero Mäntyranta
- 1965: Jouko Launonen
- 1966: Eero Mäntyranta
- 1967: Eero Tapio
- 1968–1969: Kaarlo Kangasniemi
- 1970: Kalevi Oikarainen
- 1971: Juha Väätäinen
- 1972: Lasse Virén
- 1973: Mona-Lisa Pursiainen
- 1974: Riitta Salin
- 1975: Heikki Ikola
- 1976: Lasse Virén
- 1977: Pertti Ukkola
- 1978: Helena Takalo
- 1979–1980: Pertti Karppinen
- 1981: Heikki Ikola
- 1982: Keke Rosberg
- 1983: Tiina Lillak
- 1984: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
- 1985: Matti Nykänen
- 1986–1987: Marjo Matikainen
- 1988: Matti Nykänen
- 1989: Marjo Matikainen
- 1990: Päivi Alafrantti
- 1991: Kimmo Kinnunen
- 1992: Toni Nieminen
- 1993: Juha Kankkunen
- 1994: Jani Sievinen
- 1995: Jari Litmanen
- 1996: Heli Rantanen
- 1997: Mika Myllylä
- 1998: Mika Häkkinen
- 1999: Mika Myllylä
- 2000: Arsi Harju
- 2001: Sami Hyypiä
- 2002: Samppa Lajunen
- 2003: Hanna-Maria Seppälä
- 2004: Marko Yli-Hannuksela
- 2005: Janne Ahonen
- 2006: Jukka Keskisalo
- 2007: Tero Pitkämäki
- 2008: Satu Mäkelä-Nummela
- 2009: Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
- 2010: Minna Kauppi
- 2011: Kaisa Mäkäräinen
- 2012: Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén
- 2013: Tero Pitkämäki
- 2014: Iivo Niskanen & Sami Jauhojärvi
- 2015: Tero Pitkämäki
- 2016: Leo-Pekka Tähti
- 2017: Iivo Niskanen
- 2018: Iivo Niskanen
- 2019: Teemu Pukki
- 2020: Lukas Hradecky
- 2021: Matti Mattsson
- 2022: Iivo Niskanen
- 2023: Lauri Markkanen
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