
Oskari Frösén (born 24 January 1976 in
Kristinestad
Kristinestad (; ; ; ) is a town in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Kristinestad is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Kristinestad is approximately , while the sub-region has a population o ...
) is a
Finnish high jumper
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, who won a total of five
national titles in the men's high jump event.
He won the
1995 European Athletics Junior Championships
The 1995 European Athletics Junior Championships was held in Nyíregyháza, Hungary
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, finished ninth at the
2002 European Championships, eleventh at the
2005 World Championships, ninth at the
2006 European Championships, and eighth at the
2007 European Indoor Championships.
He also competed in the
2004 Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
, but failed to qualify from
his pool.
His personal best jump is , achieved in June 2001 in
Kuortane
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. He has a better indoor mark of achieved in
Tallinn
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in February 2004.
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Achievements
References
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1976 births
Living people
People from Kristinestad
Finnish male high jumpers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Finland
Athletes from Ostrobothnia (administrative region)
20th-century Finnish people
21st-century Finnish people
Finnish Athletics Championships winners
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