Tuomas Heikkilä (born 1998) is a Finnish orienteering competitor and long-distance runner. His achievements in orienteering include winning national title, and bronze medals at the European Orienteering Championships.
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Sports career
editBorn in 1998, Heikkilä competes in orienteering, representing the club Helsingin Suunnistajat.[1] He also competes in athletics, in long-distance running.[2]
2023
editHeikkilä won a bronze medal in sprint at the 2023 European Orienteering Championships, one second behind silver medalist Kasper Fosser, and one second ahead of Martin Regborn and Ralph Street.[3][4][5] At the same championships he won a bronze medal in the mixed relay, with the Finnish team.[6][7] In 2023 he also won the national title in sprint orienteering.[8]
2024
editCompeting at the 2024 World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh, he qualified for the sprint final, where he placed eighth.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Tuomas Heikkilä". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Kylänpää, Juha (30 December 2022). "Urheilijaesittely – Tuomas Heikkilä". ku-58.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ Forsberg, Paavo; Vanhatalo, Niina (4 October 2023). "EM-pronssia! Tuomas Heikkilä toi Suomeen miesten sprinttisuunnistuksen arvokisamitalin pitkän tauon jälkeen". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Sekunddrama när Martin Regborn missade medalj i orienterings-EM". svt.no (in Swedish). 4 October 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "World Cup - Sprint". International Orienteering Federation. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Suomi upeasti pronssilla suunnistuksen EM-sprinttiviestissä |". suunnistusliitto.fi (in Finnish). 6 October 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 3 with European Orienteering Championships 2023 - Sprint relay". International Orienteering Federation. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Official results for Finnish Championship, Sprint distance". International Orienteering Federation. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "World Ranking - Sprint. Final". IOF Eventor. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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