Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
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9 February 1989 (age 26) Pieksämäki, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb; 14.3 st) | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (born 9 February 1989) is a Finnish swimmer.[1] He competed in the 50 m freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3] He is the Finnish record holder over that distance with a time of 22.22.[4]
Personal life
On 2 February 2014 Liukkonen came out as gay in a Yle interview, thus becoming one of the first openly gay top-level athletes in Finland.[5]
References
- ↑ Ari-Pekka Liukkonen at SwimRankings.net
- ↑ Sports Reference profile
- ↑ London 2012 profile
- ↑ "Liukkonen ui EM-neloseksi - "Ihan mukavaahan se oli"" (in Finnish). Yle. 2012-05-27. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ↑ "Suomalainen olympiauimari kaapista ulos - "Vihdoin voin olla oma itseni"" (in Finnish). Yle. 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2 February 2014.