Johanna Manninen Explained

Johanna Katriina Manninen (born 4 April 1980) is a Finnish former athlete specializing in sprinting events. She won two gold medals at the 2007 Summer Universiade, in addition to several medals in younger age categories.

Biography

She competed at 3 Olympic Games, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.

Achievements

Representing
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	11th (sf)	100m	11.76
			8th	200m	23.89 (wind: -2.2 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	11th (sf)	4 × 100 m relay	44.21
1997	European Junior Championships	Ljubljana, Slovenia	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	11.39
			3rd	200 m	23.43
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	36th (h)	100 m	11.59
			13th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.08
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	8th (sf)	100m	11.75 (wind: +1.1 m/s)
			4th	200m	23.68 (wind: -1.1 m/s)
			4th (h)[1]	4 × 100 m relay	45.36
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	28th (h)	100 m	11.94
			27th (h)	200 m	24.10
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	44.10
1999	European Junior Championships	Riga, Latvia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m	11.47
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	200 m	23.26
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.40
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	24th (qf)	100 m	11.45
			10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.86
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	21st (h)	60 m	7.40
			12th (sf)	200 m	23.83
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	27th (sf)	200 m	23.41
			12th (sf)	4 × 100 m relay	43.50
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	100 m	11.61 (wind: -1.2 m/s)
			bgcolor=gold	1st	200 m	23.30 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.76
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	12th (sf)	100 m	11.46
			15th (sf)	200 m	23.11
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	20th (h)	100 m	11.58
			16th (h)	200 m	23.47
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	13th (sf)	60 m	7.26
	World Championships	Paris, France	23rd (qf)	200 m	23.42
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	13th (sf)	60 m	7.30
			10th (h)	200 m	23.79
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	34th (h)	100 m	11.45
			35th (h)	200 m	23.45
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	11th (sf)	60 m	7.32
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.32
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5th (sf)	60 m	7.24
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	11.46
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.48
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	32nd (h)	100 m	11.52
			10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.41

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.27 (+1.2 m/s) (Vaasa 2007)
• 200 metres – 22.93 (-0.7 m/s) (Edmonton 2001)
• 400 metres – 54.86 (Bratislava 2002)

Indoor

• 50 metres – 6.32 (Liévin 2003)
• 60 metres – 7.22 (Stuttgart 2003)
• 200 metres – 23.28 (Liévin 2003)

Notes and References

1. Did not finish in the final.