Mona-Lisa Pursiainen
 Pursiainen at the 1974 European Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Eivor Mona-Lisa Strandvall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Finnish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 June 1951 Kronoby, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 August 2000 (aged 49) Kauniainen, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gamlakarleby Idrottsförening | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 100m: 11.19 (1973) 200m: 22.39 (1973) 400m: 51.23 (1973) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eivor Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (née Strandvall; 21 June 1951,
200 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships, as well as a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay, and helped Finland to a National Record of 3:25.7. She would take two silver medals over the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 1975 Summer Universiade in Rome
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Pursiainen died in 2000 from breast cancer, aged 49, at Kauniainen.[1][2]
References
- ISBN 978-951-607-980-9.
- ^ Profile
External links
- Mona-Lisa Pursiainen at Olympics.com
- Mona-Lisa Pursiainen at Olympedia
- Tilastopaja profile for Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (in Finnish) (subscription required)
- Track & Field News Women's World Rankings, 1947-2002
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