LIUKKONEN Ari-Pekka

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (22.25)	H (50.14)
2012	London, GBR	H (22.57)	-

World Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Breast	4x100Medley X
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (22.33)	H (49.98)	H (28.45)	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	6th (21.67)	H (49.79)	H (27.66)	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (22.54)	H (50.64)	-	H (3:55.37)
2013	Barcelona, ESP	H (22.38)	-	-	-
2011	Shanghai, CHN	H (22.67)	-	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Breast	100Breast	50Fly
2020	Budapest, HUN	1st (21.61)	H (49.99)	H (28.20)	H (1:02.14)	H (24.39)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	7th (22.11)	H (51.96)	H (28.71)	H (1:04.83)	H (24.42)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Free	50Breast	100Breast	4x50Free X	4x50Medley X	4x100Free
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (21.57)	H (27.38)	H (DSQ)	8th (1:31.23)	8th (1:39.38)	-
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	5th (21.29)	H (27.28)	H (59.60)	8th (DSQ)	H (1:41.53)	H (3:13.06)

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

Arska (swim.fi, 01 Aug 2010)

Athlete, Politician

Sport Studies - JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Jyvaskyla, FIN

English, Finnish

Sprinttitalli [FIN] / Cetus Espoo [FIN]

Marko Malvela [personal], FIN

His father Pekka represented Finland in volleyball. (hs.fi, 16 Oct 2015)

He was affected by a back injury in 2019 and the first half of 2020. ((iltalehti.fi, 05 May 2020)

He was diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia [irregular heartbeat] in late 2015. He had to undergo surgery immediately after the 2015 European Short Course Championships in Israel. (iltalehti.fi, 12 Nov 2015; hs.fi, 07 Dec 2015)

From 2011 to 2013 he was affected by the symptoms of mycoplasma. He was diagnosed with pulmonary chlamydia. (is.fi, 23 Jul 2015)

He began swimming at age seven in Pieksamaki, Finland. (is.fi, 23 Jul 2015)

"I learned from a young age to love water. I have always felt at home in the water. If you want to be a swimmer, you have to enjoy the water." (is.fi, 23 Jul 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (iltalehti.fi, 05 May 2020)

He was named the 2014 Finnish Swimmer of the Year. (swimswam.com, 09 Feb 2015)