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Heta Tuuri

Heta Maarit Tuuri (born 14 January 1995) is a Finnish high jumper. She is a two-time Finnish Athletics Championships winner as well as the winner of the 2023 Finnish Indoor Athletics Championships, and she has represented Finland at two World Athletics Championships editions.

Heta Tuuri
Personal information
Full nameHeta Maarit Tuuri
Nationality Finland
Born14 January 1995 (29 years, 314 days old)[1]
Home townLahti, Finland[2]
Education
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight65 kg (143 lb) [1]
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
College team
ClubLahden Ahkera [fi]
Turun Urheiluliitto[1]
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal bestHJ:
1.90m (2022)
Updated on 20 February 2024

Career

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2013–2018

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In July 2013, Tuuri competed at the European U20 Championships in Rieti, where she finished in 10th place with a jump of 1.78 metres.[3] One year later in July 2014, Tuuri improved her personal best by jumping 1.85 m during a competition in Kuortane.[4] Later that month, Tuuri finished in 24th place in qualification at the World U20 Championships in Eugene with a jump of 1.79 metres, which was not enough to advance to the final.[5] The following month, she won bronze at the Finnish Athletics Championships in Kuopio jumping 1.82 metres.[6] From 2015 to 2018, Tuuri studied at the University of Minnesota and competed in the NCAA Division I for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.[7][8] She qualified for two NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships, with a best finish of 12th at the 2018 edition. Tuuri also contested the triple jump in college, jumping a lifetime best of 11.17 metres.[9]

2019–2022

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In July 2019, Tuuri set a new personal best of 1.88 metres during a competition in Tampere, which placed her 10th all-time among Finnish athletes.[8] The following month, she took silver at the 2019 Finnish Athletics Championships in Lappeenranta with 1.84 metres.[10] In February 2020, she took silver at the Finnish Indoor Championships in Tampere with a jump of 1.85 metres.[11] In August the same year, Tuuri won her first national title in Turku, jumping 1.86 metres.[12][13]

In August 2021, Tuuri took silver at the Tampere Finnish Athletics Championships with a jump of 1.87 metres.[14] In February 2022, she also took silver at the 2022 Finnish Indoor Championships in Kuopio.[15] In May 2022, Tuuri improved her personal best to 1.90 metres during a competition in Lahti.[16] At the 2022 European Athletics Championships, Tuuri finished 15th in qualification, 5 cm short of the mark it would have taken to advance to the finals. In July 2022, at the World Championships in Eugene, she did not advance from the qualifiers, finishing in 21st place with a jump of 1.86 metres.[17] The following month at the 2022 Finnish Athletics Championships, Tuuri won her second national title with a mark of 1.88 metres.[18]

2023-2024

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Tuuri opened her 2023 season with an indoor best of 1.90 m.[19] In her first European Indoor Championships, Tuuri finished 13th in qualification.[20] She competed again at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, finishing 32nd in the first round of jumping with a 1.80 best mark.

Tuuri finished runner-up at the 2024 Finnish Indoor Athletics Championships on 18 February.[21]

Personal life

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Tuuri is from Lahti, Finland where she attended Salpausselän Lukio [fi] high school. She was originally a part of Lahden Ahkera [fi], but she later switched to Turun Urheiluliitto.

In 2015, despite knowing little English Tuuri moved to Minnesota, where she studied architecture at the University of Minnesota with the hope of owning her own practice.[9]

Statistics

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Personal best progression

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High Jump progression
# Mark Pl. Competition Venue Date Ref.
1 1.65 m   Tampere, Finland 13 Mar 2010 [22]
2 1.68 m   Tampere, Finland 27 Jan 2011 [23]
3 1.70 m   Kotka - U18 Events Kotka, Finland 12 Jul 2011 [24]
4 1.71 m   Finnish U18 Championships Espoo, Finland 17 Aug 2012 [25]
5 1.75 m   Finnkampen Göteborg, Sweden 31 Aug 2012 [26]
6 1.76 m   Tampere U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 12 Jun 2013 [27]
7 1.77 m   Espoo Youth Athletics Games Espoo, Finland 15 Jun 2013 [28]
8 1.81 m   Keuruu, Finland 20 Jun 2013 [29]
9 1.82 m   Orimattila, Finland 13 Jul 2013 [30]
10 1.87 m   Aktia Games Raasepori, Finland 15 Jun 2019 [31]
11 1.88 m   Pm-Kilpailut Tampere, Finland 22 Jul 2019 [32]
12 1.90 m   Motonet GP Lahti, Finland 24 May 2022 [33]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Heta Tuuri at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. ^ a b c "Heta Tuuri - Women's Track & Field - University of Minnesota Athletics". Minnesota Gophers.
  3. ^ "Results – Junior European Championships 2013". european-athletics.com. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Ahkeran week 28: World Championships preparer Heta Tuuri jumps her record" (in Finnish). ess.fi. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Finland's high jump girls narrowly miss the final" (in Finnish). sportti.com. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Champion changes in women's high jump – silver medalist on cloud nine" (in Finnish). yle.fi. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Is luck needed in high jump? Heta Tuuri's spring went adapting to new patterns" (in Finnish). ess.fi. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Heta Tuuri jumps into the all-time top ten, Kujanpää injures his ankle" (in Finnish). yleisurheilu.fi. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Warm-Up Lap: Q&A with Heta Tuuri". Minnesota Golden Gophers.
  10. ^ "Ella Junnila won the high jump SM gold on "practice legs" – the competition was almost unexpectedly over early: "It's not the fault of the take-off mark but the jumper"" (in Finnish). yle.fi. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  11. ^ "HIFK runner Viivi Lehikoinen set a new Finnish record – Nooralotta Neziri took an easy victory as Reetta Hurske was disqualified: "It felt like for once I got a good start"" (in Finnish). svenska.yle.fi. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  12. ^ "The women's high jump final became a protracted and exciting duel – Linda Sandblom failed to make it onto the podium: "A crap day at work"" (in Finnish). svenska.yle.fi. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Heta Tuuri jumped to become the Finnish high jump champion" (in Finnish). aamuposti.fi. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Finnish jumper's great performance – last time was 38 years ago!" (in Finnish). suomiurheilu.com. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Two record jumps win the high-level high jump competition – Salminen starts with over 14 metres – Heikkinen and Toivonen are multi-event champions" (in Finnish). yleisurheilu.fi. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Domestic athletics summer starts: New personal bests for Purola, Tuuri, and Helander – Reetta Hurske below the European Championship limit" (in Finnish). svenska.yle.fi. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Ella Junnila after tearful World Championship exit: "When the jump is right, there are no limits"" (in Finnish). svenska.yle.fi. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Heta Tuuri was the best of the representing trio in high jump" (in Finnish). ksml.fi. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  19. ^ "-Korkeushyppääjä Heta Tuurilta vakuuttava kauden avaus - halliennätys ja kolmossija hurjatasoisessa kisassa". etusora.com (in Finnish).
  20. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #13029599". Tilastopaja.
  21. ^ "Hurske avasi kauden mestaruudella: "Sellainen treenimäinen veto" – Lakka sivusi ennätystään". yleisurheilu.fi (in Finnish).
  22. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12795018". Tilastopaja.
  23. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12805802". Tilastopaja.
  24. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12813087". Tilastopaja.
  25. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12825301". Tilastopaja.
  26. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12961154". Tilastopaja.
  27. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12842742". Tilastopaja.
  28. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12842806". Tilastopaja.
  29. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12842907". Tilastopaja.
  30. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12843662". Tilastopaja.
  31. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12931761". Tilastopaja.
  32. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12933547". Tilastopaja.
  33. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #13002267". Tilastopaja.
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