Draft:Max Lampinen

Max Lampinen
Personal information
Born (2004-10-11) 11 October 2004 (age 20)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Hammer throw, Discus throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Hammer: 72.48m (Stockholm, 2025)
Discus: 48.86m (Kotka, 2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Finland
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cali Hammer throw
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Jerusalem Hammer throw

Max Lampinen (born 11 October 2004) is a Finnish hammer thrower. He was a gold medalist at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships and a silver medalist at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships.[1]

Career

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He a silver medalist at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, throwing a 76.33m personal best in the fifth round to finish a centimetre ahead of Cypriot Iosif Kesidis but behind Ioannis Korakidis of Greece.[2]

The following year, he won the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem.[3]

In 2025, he placed fifth at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway. The following month, he placed third at the senior Finnish Athletics Championships.[4] He also placed third competing for at the Finnkampen in Stockholm in August 2025, throwing a personal best 72.48 metres.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Max Lampinen". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Afrifah amazes to pip Tebogo to 200m title, as Cherotich dominates in Cali". World Athletics. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Max Lampinen becomes European champion with a huge record improvement - the sixth Finn in his sport". etusuora.com. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Henri Liipola finished first in hammer". yle.fi. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Finnkampen". World Athletics. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.