Jussi Sakari Heikkilä (born 21 March 1983) is a Finnish 400 metre hurdler. His personal best is 49.39 seconds, achieved in May 2008 in Tallahassee, Florida.http://www.yle.fi/urheilu/lajit/yleisurheilu/2008/06/heikkila_rikkoi_400_metrin_aitajuoksun_olympiarajan_109332.html
He competed at the European Championships in 2002 and at the World Championships in 2009 without reaching the final.
Heikkilä was born in Forssa. He has studied in the United States for a long time and he was fourth at the NCAA Championships in 2008, representing the South Carolina Gamecocks track and field team.http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/mmyleisurheilu/uutiset.shtml/arkistot/mmyleisurheilu/2008/06/661314
Competition record Representing 2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica6th400 m hurdles51.35European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany28th (h)400 m hurdles51.472003European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland21st (h)400 m hurdles52.452005European U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany4th400 m hurdles50.39Universiadeİzmir, Turkey15th (h)400 m hurdles51.622007UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand12th (sf)400 m hurdles51.042009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy16th (h)400 m47.53UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia6th400 m hurdles50.19World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany25th (h)400 m hurdles51.422010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain23rd (h)400 m hurdles52.462012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland35th (h)400 m hurdles52.95
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