Reetta Sofi Kaarina Hurske (born 15 May 1995) is a Finnish athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She won the gold medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Indoor Championships, winning Finland its first ever medal in this event, after finishing fourth at the 2019 edition. Hurske placed second in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2019 Universiade.
She represented her country at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well as the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships. She is the Finnish indoor record holder for the 60 m hurdles, and won two individual national titles.
Hurske improved the Finnish record in the 60 m hurdles five times in 2023 (7.90, 7.88, 7.86, 7.81 and 7.79 seconds).
Personal life Hurske is in a relationship with Finnish basketball player Topias Palmi.Urheilun superpari Topias Palmi ja Reetta Hurske ovat eläneet vuosia etäsuhteessa – nyt heidän elämänsä muuttui, Ilta-Sanomat, Tony Pietilä, 9 October 2023Miesystävä jännitti Reetta Hurskeen mestaruusjuoksua koripalloarjen keskellä Romaniassa – “Naapurit varmaan kuulivat ensimmäisenä kovaa huutoa”, Yle, 6 March 2023
Statistics
Personal bests 60 m hurdles – 7.79 (Madrid 2023) 60 metres indoor – 7.50 (Tampere 2023) 100 m hurdles – 12.78 (+1.3 m/s, Joensuu 2019) 100 metres – 12.10 (-0.6 m/s, Kauhava 2017)
International competitions 2011European Youth Olympic FestivalTrabzon, Turkey7th100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)13.859th (h)4 × 100 m relay47.782013European Junior ChampionshipsRieti, Italy5th100 m hurdles13.537th4 × 100 m relay47.1822nd (q)Long jump5.88 m2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States7th100 m hurdles13.692015European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia12th (sf)100 m hurdles13.662016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands21st (sf)100 m hurdles13.402017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia –60 m hurdlesDQEuropean U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5th100 m hurdles13.32UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan11th (sf)100 m hurdles13.672018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom19th (sf)60 m hurdles8.20European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany18th (sf)100 m hurdles13.202019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom4th60 m hurdles8.02UniversiadeNaples, Italy2nd100 m hurdles13.02World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar21st (sf)100 m hurdles13.242021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan29th (h)100 m hurdles13.102022World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States23rd (sf)100 m hurdles13.15European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany9th (sf)100 m hurdles12.952023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey1st 60 m hurdles7.79 =World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary21st (sf)100 m hurdles13.052024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom12th (sf)60 m hurdles8.00European ChampionshipsRome, Italy6th100 m hurdles12.84Olympic GamesParis, France4th (rep)100 m hurdles12.832025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands5th60 m hurdles8.00
National titles Finnish Athletics Championships 100 m hurdles: 2019 Finnish Indoor Athletics Championships 60 m hurdles: 2023 4 × 200 m relay: 2013, 2018
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