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Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (born 9 February 1989) is a Finnish swimmer and European champion.[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 21.58 sec, as well as the short course record in the 50 m.[4] He also holds the 100 m freestyle record, at 49.44 seconds. At the 2016 Olympics he swam in the 50 and 100 m freestyle events.[2]

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen

Liukkonen in 2015
Personal information
Born	9 February 1989 (1989-02-09) (age 33) Pieksämäki, Finland
Height	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Finland European Championships (LC) 2020 Budapest 50 m freestyle 2014 Berlin 50 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2012 Chartres 4×50 m mixed freestyle

Personal life

On 2 February 2014 Liukkonen came out as gay in an Yle interview, thus becoming one of the first openly gay top-level athletes in Finland.[5]

References

External links

• Ari-Pekka Liukkonen at FINA
• Ari-Pekka Liukkonen at Olympedia

Olympic Games
Preceded by Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén	Flagbearer for  Finland (with Satu Mäkelä-Nummela) Tokyo 2020	Succeeded by Incumbent

На других языках

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[de] Ari-Pekka Liukkonen

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (* 9. Februar 1989 in Pieksämäki) ist ein finnischer Freistilschwimmer. Der Teilnehmer an den Olympischen Spielen 2012 in London, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro und 2020 in Tokio erreichte bei Schwimmeuropameisterschaften zwei Bronzemedaillen.

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- [en] Ari-Pekka Liukkonen

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[es] Ari-Pekka Liukkonen

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (Pieksämäki, 9 de febrero de 1989) es un deportista finlandés que compite en natación, especialista en el estilo libre.[1]

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