Jessica Kähärä (born 1 August 2001) is a multi-event track and field athlete from Finland. She has won Finnish national titles in the long jump and high jump.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 August 2001 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Finland |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | High jump, long jump, triple jump |
| Club | Mikkeli Kilpa-Veikkou |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | High Jump: 1.90m (Kuopio, 2019)NU20R Long Jump: 6.47m (Jyväskylä, 2023) Triple Jump: 13.87m (Kuortane, 2023) |
Career
Kähärä was a bronze medalist in the high jump at the European Youth Olympics in Győr, Hungary.[2]
She won silver in the high jump and bronze in the triple jump at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr, Hungary.[3] That year, she was also a bronze medalist in the high jump at the Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.[4]
She won the Finnish national indoor title in the high jump in February 2019 and broke the Finnish national under-20 record with a 1.90m clearance.[5] She competed amongst senior athletes at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. However, a succession of injuries over the next years including ankle surgery that ruled her out of much of the 2021 season, led her to move away from the high jump discipline.[6]
She won the Finnish national title in the long jump at the 2023 Finnish indoor national championships in February 2023.[7] She won bronze in the triple jump at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland. She also competed at the 2023 University Games in Chengdu in August 2023.[8][9]
Personal life
A member of the Mikkeli Kilpa-Veikkou Athletics club in Mikkeli, Kähärä studies physical education and social sciences at the University of Jyväskylä.[10]