MATTSSON Matti

Date of Birth: 5 Oct 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: PORI

Birth Country:

Finland

Place of residence : PORI

Residence Country:

Finland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Breaststroke
	Men's 200m Breaststroke	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Breaststroke - Heat 3	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Breaststroke - Heat 3	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinal 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Breaststroke Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (1:02.45)	SF (2:12.99)
2012	London, GBR	-	H (2:11.81)

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast
2010	Singapore, SIN	SF (1:04.39)	8th (2:18.47)

World Championships

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	H (2:13.80)
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (1:01.92)	H (2:12.66)
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (1:01.44)	SF (2:10.51)
2013	Barcelona, ESP	-	3rd (2:08.95)

European Championships

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast
2020	Budapest, HUN	SF (59.99)	4th (2:08.48)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	-	SF (2:10.19)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Porin Karhuksi [Pori Bear] (Facebook profile, 05 Apr 2019)

Occupation:

Wife Maiju, daughter Muume [2017]

Languages spoken:

Porin Uimaseura [Finland]

Eetu Karvonen [club], FIN

In 2014 he began developing abdominal pain and digestion problems which could not be resolved. In 2019 he was diagnosed with coeliac disease, an immune reaction to eating gluten. (is.fi, 22 Apr 2021)

In late-2013 he fractured his right thumb after falling when he was cycling. He returned to competition in March 2014. (hs.fi, 16 Aug 2014; mattimattsson.fi, 14 Mar 2014)

He began swimming at age seven in Finland. (mattimattsson.fi, 05 Mar 2015)

Swimming was a family sport. "As a child, my whole family was engaged in some kind of water sports." (aquanetti.fi, 01 Jan 2019; hs.fi, 16 Aug 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 24 Nov 2018)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT PLANS
He decided to extend his swimming career after knowing that the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo had been postponed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He also consulted with his sport psychologist Aapo Kilpelainen about extending his career until 2021. "Aapo wanted to have an in-depth discussion on how to proceed. Indeed, it is quite a thought-dominating thing. When the outlook for the competition season changed, of course, it also affected what had been done. The turmoil in the world and the cancellation of competitions made us wonder what should be trained if there were no competitions." (is.fi, 27 Mar 2020; yle.fi, 22 Mar 2020)

Milestones

In 2013 he became the first Finnish swimmer to win a medal in breaststroke at the world championships when he claimed bronze in the 200m event in Barcelona, Spain. (SportsDeskOnline, 02 Aug 2013)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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