Ari-Pekka Liukkonen

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
	Liukkonen in 2015
Personal information
Born	9 February 1989 (age 36); Pieksämäki, Finland
Height	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Finland
European Championships (LC)
European Championships (SC)

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (born 9 February 1989) is a Finnish swimmer, European champion and^[1] Green League's councilman.^[2] He competed in the 50 m freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[3]^[4] He is the Finnish record holder over that distance with a time of 21.58 sec, as well as the short course record in the 50 m.^[5] He also holds the 100 m freestyle record, at 49.44 seconds. At the 2016 Olympics he swam in the 50 and 100 m freestyle events.^[3]

Personal life

On 2 February 2014, Liukkonen came out as gay in an Yle interview, thus becoming one of the first openly gay top-level athletes in Finland.^[6]^[7]

Career in politics

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen is a councilman in the Green League in Finland in Jyväskylä. Liukkonen has been elected to the Green League first time in 2017.^[2]

Liukkonen was elected to the Green League three times. First time in 2017 by 284 votes,^[2] second time in 2021 by 388 votes^[8] and third time in 2025 by 422 votes.^[9]

References

^ "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen". SwimRankings.net.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Olympiauimari Liukkosen toinen rohkea veto – meni ryminällä Jyväskylän valtuustoon" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 10 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
^ "London 2012 profile". Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
^ "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Smashes Finnish 50 Free Record In 21.58". SwimSwam. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^ "Suomalainen olympiauimari kaapista ulos – "Vihdoin voin olla oma itseni"" (in Finnish). Yle. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
^ Buzinski, Jim (22 July 2021). "Gay Olympics swimmer makes waves in and out of the water". Outsports. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ "Yle – Tulokaspalvelu – Ehdokassivu – Kuntavaalit 2021" (in Finnish). Yle.
^ "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen kuntavaaleissa 2025" (in Finnish). Yle.

External links

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen at World Aquatics
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen at Swimrankings.net
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen at Olympedia
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen at Olympics.com
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)

Olympic Games

Preceded by

Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén

Flagbearer for Finland
(with Satu Mäkelä-Nummela)
Tokyo 2020

Succeeded by

Incumbent

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[1] "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen". SwimRankings.net.

[career_in_politics_1-2] "Olympiauimari Liukkosen toinen rohkea veto – meni ryminällä Jyväskylän valtuustoon" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 10 April 2017.

[:0-3] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

[4] "London 2012 profile". Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.

[5] "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Smashes Finnish 50 Free Record In 21.58". SwimSwam. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[6] "Suomalainen olympiauimari kaapista ulos – "Vihdoin voin olla oma itseni"" (in Finnish). Yle. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

[7] Buzinski, Jim (22 July 2021). "Gay Olympics swimmer makes waves in and out of the water". Outsports. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[career_in_politics_2-8] "Yle – Tulokaspalvelu – Ehdokassivu – Kuntavaalit 2021" (in Finnish). Yle.

[career_in_politics_3-9] "Ari-Pekka Liukkonen kuntavaaleissa 2025" (in Finnish). Yle.

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