Sofi Flink

Sofi Flink

Personal information
Full name	Ida Sofi Emilia Flink
Nationality	Swedish
Born	8 July 1995 Hallstahammar, Sweden
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	61.96 m (Moskow 2013)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Sweden World Junior Championships 2012 Barcelona Javelin throw 2014 Oregon Javelin throw European Junior Championships 2013 Rieti Javelin throw World Youth Championships 2011 Lille Métropole Javelin throw

Sofi Flink (born 8 July 1995) is a Swedish athlete who has the Swedish national record for javelin throwing, a record she got when she broke her previous record at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, with a throw of 61.96 in the qualifying round. At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow Flink came in 10th place in the final after throwing 59.52 in her first senior competition.^[1] In 2013, Flink won the gold medal at the European Junior Championships after throwing only one centimetre longer than the second Christin Hussong.^[2]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Sweden
2011	World Youth Championships	Lille Métropole, France	2nd	52.25 m
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	61.40 m
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	1st	57.91 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	10th	59.52 m
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	2nd	56.70 m
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	12th	56.68 m
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	23rd (q)	54.38 m

References

1. "JVM-guld till Flink | Friidrott | Sportbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se. 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
2. "2014 IAAF World Junior Championships - Swede seeks to defend IAAF World Junior javelin title". Oregon14.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014. horizontal tab character in |title= at position 37 (help)

External links

• Sofi Flink profile at IAAF