Airi Pirjo Maritta Wilmi-Rokkanen (née Wilmi, formerly Häggman; born 8 June 1951) is a retired

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sprinter who specialized in the

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. Häggman was a member of the Finnish silver medal 4 × 400 m relay team at the

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. She competed at the

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and

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. 1976 Häggman finished fourth, missing the bronze medal by 0.01 seconds. In 1981 Häggman and Venezuelan

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were the first women to be elected as

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members. She resigned in January 1999 due to the

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. Häggman's ex-husband had been working as a paid consultant for the Salt Lake Organizing Committee during the bidding process.

References

1951 births People from Sotkamo Finnish female sprinters Olympic athletes for Finland European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Finnish International Olympic Committee members Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Living people FISU World University Games gold medalists for Finland Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade Olympic female sprinters Sportspeople from Kainuu Finnish Athletics Championships winners {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub