Jessica Kähärä
Personal information
Born (2001-08-01) 1 August 2001
Sport
CountryFinland
SportAthletics
Event(s)High jump, long jump, triple jump
ClubMikkeli Kilpa-Veikkou
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)High Jump: 1.90m (Kuopio, 2019) NU20R
Long Jump: 6.47m (Jyväskylä, 2023)
Triple Jump: 13.87m (Kuortane, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Finland
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 EspooTriple jump
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Buenos AiresHigh jump
European Youth Olympic Festival
Bronze medal – third place2017 GyőrHigh jump
European U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 GyőrHigh jump
Bronze medal – third place2018 GyőrTriple jump

Jessica Kähärä (born 1 August 2001) is a multi-event track and field athlete from Finland. She has won Finnish national titles in the long jump and high jump.[1]

Career

Kähärä was a bronze medalist in the high jump at the European Youth Olympics in Győr, Hungary.[2]

She won silver in the high jump and bronze in the triple jump at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr, Hungary.[3] That year, she was also a bronze medalist in the high jump at the Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.[4]

She won the Finnish national indoor title in the high jump in February 2019 and broke the Finnish national under-20 record with a 1.90m clearance.[5] She competed amongst senior athletes at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. However, a succession of injuries over the next years including ankle surgery that ruled her out of much of the 2021 season, led her to move away from the high jump discipline.[6]

She won the Finnish national title in the long jump at the 2023 Finnish indoor national championships in February 2023.[7] She won bronze in the triple jump at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland. She also competed at the 2023 University Games in Chengdu in August 2023.[8][9]

Personal life

A member of the Mikkeli Kilpa-Veikkou Athletics club in Mikkeli, Kähärä studies physical education and social sciences at the University of Jyväskylä.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Jessica Kähärä". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Morgan, Liam (28 July 2017). "EOC praise young ambassador programme at Győr 2017". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Maria Vicente completes heptathlon and triple jump double in Gyor". Athletics Weekly. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Ruokoski, Vilma (16 October 2018). "Jessica Kähärä jumped to bronze at the Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires". yle.fi. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Sippola, Joel (13 July 2023). "Jessica Kähärä's whim could lead to a gold mine - the top talent in athletics sets tough goals for her career". yle.fi. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Ruokoski, Vilma; Ursin, Sari (28 February 2023). "Jessica Kähärä changing the high jump to the triple jump - the result of the sport trial is the SM gold". yle.fi. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Rein, Paul (13 July 2023). "A playful experiment led to a change of sport - Jessica Kähärä's prospects for success brightened in the triple jump". lapinkansa.fi. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Triple jumper Jessica Kähärä's season is over - "Incredibly sad"". hs.fi. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Nyman, Juhana (7 August 2023). "The season of the Finnish comet in the athletics season is over: "Time to blow the game to a halt"". mtvuutiset.fi. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Heikkinen, Antero (15 June 2022). "Jessica Kähärä aims for record improvements - Mikkeli Kilpa-Veikkou's multi-talent hopes for an intact season after last summer's injury". mikkelinkaupunkilehti.fi. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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