Matti Mattsson (born 5 October 1993 in

Pori ) , website www.pori.fi Pori (; sv, Björneborg ) is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäki River, west of Tampere, north of Turku and north-w ...

, Finland) is a Finnish swimmer. At the

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, he competed in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke, finishing in 17th place overall in the heats and failing to qualify for the semifinals. In Barcelona at the 2013 Swimming World Championships, he won bronze medal in Men's 200 metre breaststroke. He has qualified to represent Finland at the

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. He won bronze medal at the

in Men's 200 metre breaststroke. In January 2022, Mattsson was named the 2021

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* * 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Pori Finnish male breaststroke swimmers Male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 20th-century Finnish people 21st-century Finnish people European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{Finland-swimming-bio-stub