Sofi Flink

Sofi Flink
Personal information
Full name Ida Sofi Emilia Flink
Nationality Swedish
Born (1995-07-08) 8 July 1995
Hallstahammar, Sweden
Sport
Country  Sweden
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 61.96 m (Moskow 2013)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Sweden
World Junior Championships
2012 Barcelona Javelin throw
2014 Oregon Javelin throw
European Junior Championships
2013 Rieti Javelin throw
World Youth Championships
2011 Lille Métropole Javelin throw

Sofi Flink (born 8 July 1995) is a Swedish athlete who has the Swedish national record for javelin throwing, a record she got when she broke her previous record at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, with a throw of 61.96 in the qualifying round. At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow Flink came in 10th place in the final after throwing 59.52 in her first senior competition.[1] In 2013, Flink won the gold medal at the European Junior Championships after throwing only one centimetre longer than the second Christin Hussong.[2]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Sweden
2011 World Youth Championships Lille Métropole, France 2nd 52.25 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 61.40 m
2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 1st 57.91 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 10th 59.52 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 2nd 56.70 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 12th 56.68 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 23rd (q) 54.38 m
2017 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland – NM

References

  1. ↑ "JVM-guld till Flink | Friidrott | Sportbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se. 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  2. ↑ "2014 IAAF World Junior Championships - Swede seeks to defend IAAF World Junior javelin title". Oregon14.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014. horizontal tab character in |title= at position 37 (help)


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