Ulla Pokki

Ulla Pokki
Personal information
Born 11 January 1935
Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country  Finland
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Sprint,
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100 m – 12.4 (1952)[1]

Ulla Pokki (later Lanning born 11 January 1935), is a retired sprinter who represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

Pokki was just 17 years old when she competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics which was held in her home city of Helsinki, she entered two events, first the 100 metres where she ran in the first heat and finished fourth in a time of 13.06 seconds, unfortunately only the first two from the heat qualified for the next round.[2] A few days later she competed in the 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Aino Autio, Maire Österdahl and Leena Sipilä, between them they ran a time of 50.6 seconds and finished last in there heat so didn't qualify for the final.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ulla Pokki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 12 May 2017.



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