Susann Sundkvist
Personal information
NationalityFinnish
Born (1957-12-08) 8 December 1957 (age 66)
Larsmo, Finland
Sport
Country Finland
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
Coached byGöran Brunell
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • High jump: 1.87 m (1976)
Medal record
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 1975 Athens High jump

Susann Sundkvist (born 8 December 1957) is a Finnish athlete.[1][2][3][4][5] She competed in the women's high jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Sundkvist has won six consecutive Finnish championships in the High jump at the senior level. Her record has been 1.87 m since 1976. Sundkvist has improved the Finnish record six times from 1974 to 1976 (from 1.75 to 1.87 m). At club level she represented Idrottsföreningen Drott and Kokkola Veikko of Pietarsaar. She reached silver in the European Athletics U20 Championships in 1975 in Athens with a measure of 1.86 m. She was coached by Göran Brunell.

Sundkvist is the youngest winner of the Finnish high jump championship. The 1973 championship reached 15 years, 8 months and 2 days. It is also the youngest medal (14 years, 8 months, 4 days).

She won 1976 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships, because in that year some non-Italian athletes were invited to participate in some competitions.[6]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Notes
1976 Olympic Games Canada Montreal 15th High jump 1.84 m [7]
1977 European Indoor Championships Spain San Sebastián 10th High jump 1.80 m
1978 European Indoor Championships Italy Milan 11th High jump 1.85 m

References

  1. ^ "Susann Sundkvist – Mentoring Finland's next generation of women athletes". european-athletics.org. European Athletic Association. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ Palm, Päivi (18 December 2008). "Entiset urheilijat tukevat nykyisiä". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Hyppylajit". Sport.fi (in Finnish). Valo, Finnish Olympic Committee, Finnish Paralympic Committee, Kihu. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. ^ Hiitelä, Juha (13 August 2016). "Tekeekö Kristiina Mäkelä maanantaina suomalaista olympiahistoriaa?". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. ^ Moisio, Jukka (18 June 2015). "Keskikesän taikaa radalla ja kentällä – yleisurheilun kautta aikain parhaat juhannustulokset". Etusuora (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  6. ^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Susann Sundqvist Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2017.

External links

Italian Athletics Champions in women's indoor high jump
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