Arttu Kangas

Arttu Kangas
Arttu Kangas in 2016
Personal information
Born (1993-07-13) 13 July 1993 (age 31)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight108 kg (238 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventShot put
ClubKankaanpään seudun Leisku
Coached byMatti Yrjölä

Arttu Kangas (born 13 July 1993) is a Finnish athlete specialising in the shot put.[2] He represented his country at three outdoor and two indoor European Championships without qualifying for the final.

His personal bests in the event are 20.30 metres outdoors (Raseborg 2016) and 20.18 metres indoors (Jyväskylä 2017).

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Finland
2010 Youth Olympic Games Singapore 5th Shot put (5 kg) 20.45 m
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 30th (q) Shot put (6 kg) 16.96 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 4th Shot put (6 kg) 19.85 m
2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 7th Shot put 18.94 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 21st (q) Shot put 19.07 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic Shot put NM
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 9th Shot put 18.27 m
Military World Games Mungyeong, South Korea 9th Shot put 17.78 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 20th (q) Shot put 18.91 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 17th (q) Shot put 19.42 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 28th (q) Shot put 18.17 m

References

  1. ^ "EAA profile". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. ^ Arttu Kangas at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata