Amanda Kotaja
Appearance
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Born | Vampula, Finland | 3 January 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Huittinen, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.40 m (4 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Spina bifida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres 200 metres 400 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Red Velvet Racing Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Arno Mul Jussi-Pekka Kurtti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amanda Kotaja (born 3 January 1995) is a Finnish Paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events in international level events.
Career
[edit]She represented Finland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the 100 metres T54 event and won a silver medal. She is also a four-time World Para Athletics Championships champion, and a three-time World Para Athletics European Championships champion.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Amanda Kotaja - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 12 April 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Amanda Kotaja tahtaimessa paralympiakulta". Vuosaari (in Finnish). 2 January 2020. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- Amanda Kotaja at the International Paralympic Committee
- Amanda Kotaja at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Finnish female wheelchair racers
- Paralympic athletes for Finland
- Paralympic silver medalists for Finland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- World Para Athletics Championships winners
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships
- Sportspeople from Satakunta
- 21st-century Finnish women
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Paralympic medalist stubs