Alisa Vainio
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| Full name | Alisa Pauliina Vainio | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Finnish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 16, 1997 Lappeenranta, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 43 kg (95 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Lappeenrannan Urheilu-Miehet | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jarmo Viskari | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Finland | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Bandy | |||||||||||||||||
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Alisa Pauliina Vainio (born 16 November 1997) is a Finnish long-distance runner. Vainio is a national record holder on marathon (2:20:39, set at Seville Marathon in 2026) and half-marathon (1:09:30, set at Copenhagen Marathon in 2024).[1][2] Vainio won the marathon gold medal at the 2026 European Championships in Birmingham, England, setting a new championship record time of 2:22:26 in the process.[3][4]
Vainio won bronze at the 2015 European Athletics Junior Championships in 3,000m steeplechase.[5] She has two Finnish championships from 10,000m (2015 and 2018) and one from the marathon (2018). At the 2025 World Athletics Championships women's marathon in Tokyo, Vainio finished fifth as the best European athlete. Vainio also has two world championship bronze-medals from bandy at the Irkutsk 2012 and Lappeenranta 2014.[6]
Alisa Vainio is not related to former long-distance runner Martti Vainio and their family names have different origins.
References
- ↑ Alisa Vainio hätyytteli puolivahingossa Suomen ennätystä – ylivoimainen Helsinki City Runissa, Yle, 16 May 2026
- ↑ Vainio juoksi Kööpenhaminassa Suomen ennätyksen: ”Tuntui hyvältä ja jäi vielä varaakin”, yleisurheilu.fi, 15 September 2024
- ↑ "Alisa Vainio wins European marathon title in record time". YLE. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ "Petros, Vainio set new championship records to win Euro marathon". Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Junior Championships: Results". European Athletics. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ↑ "Alisa Vainio voitti 15-vuotiaana jääpallon MM-pronssia ja halusi jääkiekkoilijaksi – on suomalaisen yleisurheilun onni, että poikkeuksellinen superlahjakkuus valitsi kestävyysjuoksun: "Kovin moni Suomessa ei harjoittele enempää kuin Alisa"". yle.fi (in Finnish). 30 September 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
External links
- Alisa Vainio at World Athletics
- Alisa Vainio at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- Alisa Vainio at EliteProspects.com
- Alisa Vainio at Eurohockey.com
- Alisa Vainio at SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Alisa Vainio at InterSportStats
- Alisa Vainio at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Finnish women marathon runners
- Finnish women long-distance runners
- Sportspeople from Lappeenranta
- Athletes from South Karelia
- 21st-century Finnish sportswomen
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Finland
- European Athletics Championships winners
- Finnish long-distance runner stubs