Emilia Kangas
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| Born | 10 August 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Shot put: 18.42m (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Emilia Kangas (born 10 August 2001) is a Finnish shot putter. She is a multiple-time national champion.[1]
Biography
She is a member of Kuortane Kunto in Kuortane, Finland.[2] She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, finishing behind Alida Van Daalen of the Netherlands, and Serena Vincent of Great Britain, with a throw of 16.75 metres.[3]
She qualified for the final of the 2024 European Athletics Championships, placing twelfth overall in Rome, Italy.[4] She won the Finnish Athletics Championships in Vaasa in June 2024.[5] She subsequently won the Finnish Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2025.[6] She competed for Finland the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, placing twelfth overall in Appeldoorn, Netherlands, in March 2025.[7]
In June 2025, she became the first Finnish woman to shot put over 18 metres since 1997, when she set a mark of 18.20 metres in Kuortane.[8] In August 2025, she retained her national title at the Finnish Championships in Espoo.[9] Later that month, she set a new personal best of 18.41 metres whilst competing in Belgrade to move to third on the Finnish all-time list.[10][11] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, throwing 18.07 metres.[12][13]
References
- ^ "Emilia Kangas". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Emilia Kangas took a spectacular victory in Mikkeli – 18 meters remained a dream". Sportti. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Emilia Kangas increased Finland's medal tally – Vanninen fights for the match victory – Wright into the final". Espoo2023. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Finnish Championships". World Athletics. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Finnish Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Emilia Kangas spun over 18 meters in the Kuortane ball ring – "The most optimal push I can do at the moment"". ilkkapohjalainen.fi. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Finnish Championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Emilia Kangas sixth in the shot put". ita-savo.fi. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Emilia Kangas did not succeed in tough company". Sportti. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Kangas found an 18-meter pitch in the third: I trusted that it was there". yleisurheilu.fi. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.