Tuomas Heikkilä

Tuomas Heikkilä
Tuomas Heikkilä at the 2024 World Orienteering Championships
Personal information
Born1998 (age 26–27)
Sport
Sport
Club
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Men's orienteering
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Edinburgh Sprint relay
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Verona Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Verona Mixed sprint relay

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.

Sports career

Born in 1998, Heikkilä competes in orienteering, representing the club Helsingin Suunnistajat.[1] He also competes in athletics, in long-distance running.[2]

2023

Heikkilä 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

Competing at the 2024 World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh, he qualified for the sprint final, where he placed eighth.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Tuomas Heikkilä". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  2. ^ Kylänpää, Juha (30 December 2022). "Urheilijaesittely – Tuomas Heikkilä". ku-58.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Sekunddrama när Martin Regborn missade medalj i orienterings-EM". svt.no (in Swedish). 4 October 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  5. ^ "World Cup - Sprint". International Orienteering Federation. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Suomi upeasti pronssilla suunnistuksen EM-sprinttiviestissä |". suunnistusliitto.fi (in Finnish). 6 October 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Official results for Finnish Championship, Sprint distance". International Orienteering Federation. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  9. ^ "World Ranking - Sprint. Final". IOF Eventor. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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