Eveliina Määttänen (born 1 September 1995) is a

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete from Finland who competes over

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...

Career

Määttänen participated in the

at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. In the same year she also competed in the 800 metres at the

European Athletics Championships The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe. Editions First held, for men ...

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. In 2023, she participated in the

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, and qualified from the heats for the semi-final of the 800 metres in a time of 2:00.41. She competed for Finland at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres in

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Personal life

From Kerava, she graduated as a pharmacist in 2019 and works in a pharmacy in addition to sports. She is married to Slovenian athlete Jan Petrac. Her brother, Jaakko Määttänen, is also an international athlete. He has represented Finland as a race walker.

References

1995 births Living people Finnish female middle-distance runners Finnish Athletics Championships winners European Games competitors for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub