Marjaana Heikkinen (née Huovinen; born 19 April 1967) is a Finnish Paralympic athlete competing in F34 classification

throwing events Throwing sports, or throwing games, are physical, human competitions where the outcome is measured by a player's ability to throw an object. The two primary forms are throwing for distance and throwing at a given target or range. The four most p ...

Career

Heikkinen represented Finland at the

2012 Summer Paralympic Games The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Sum ...

in London, entering the javelin throw and the

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

. She finished fourth in the shot and in the javelin, which stretched over four classifications, she threw a distance of 19.47 metres to win the bronze medal. As well as Paralympic success, Heikkinen has won medals at both World and European Championships, including a javelin gold at the

2016 IPC Athletics European Championships The 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe, plus Israel. It was held in Grosseto, Italy and too ...

in Grosseto.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heikkinen, Marjaana Paralympic silver medalists for Finland Paralympic athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Finnish female javelin throwers Finnish female shot putters 1967 births Living people Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Kuopio Footballers from North Savo Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics