"THE FLYING FINN" and WORLD STAR: SARI ESSAYAH from FINLAND(SUOMI-FINLAND)

Sari Essayah

Sari Essayah

Sari Miriam Essayah (born 21 February 1967 in Haukivuori) is a Finnish retired race walkermember of the European Parliament since 2009. Her father is from Morocco. and a

After retiring from sports she entered politics and represented the Christian Democrats in the Finnish parliament between 2003–2007 but failed to get a seat in the elections of 2007.

Essayah was elected to the European Parliament in 2009.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Finland
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	19th	10 km
1989	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	3rd	5000 m
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	5th	10 km
1991	World Race Walking Cup	San Jose, United States	16th	10 km
	Universiade	Sheffield, England	1st	10 km
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	10 km
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	4th	10 km
1993	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	2nd	10 km
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	10 km
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	10 km
1995	World Race Walking Cup	Beijing, PR China	12th	10 km
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	10 km
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	16th	10 km

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[show] v • d • e World Champions in Women's Race Walking 10 km 1987: Irina Strakhova · 1991: Alina Ivanova · 1993: Sari Essayah · 1995: Irina Stankina · 1997: Annarita Sidoti 20 km 1999: Liu Hongyu · 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova · 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva · 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova · 2007: Olga Kaniskina · 2009: Olga Kaniskina

[show] v • d • e European Champions in Women's Race Walking 1986–1998: 10 kilometres · 2002–2006: 20 kilometres 1986: María Cruz Díaz (ESP) • 1990: Annarita Sidoti (ITA) • 1994: Sari Essayah (FIN) • 1998: Annarita Sidoti (ITA) • 2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) • 2006: Ryta Turava (BLR)

[show] v • d • e Summer Universiade Champions in Women's Race Walking 1985 – 1989: 5 km Walk • 1991 – 2001: 10 km Walk • 2003 – 2007: 20 km Walk 1985: Aleksandra Grigoryeva (URS) • 1987: Li Sujie (CHN) • 1989: Ileana Salvador (ITA) • 1991: Sari Essayah (FIN) • 1993: Long Yuwen (CHN) • 1995: Annarita Sidoti (ITA) • 1997: Larisa Ramazanova (BLR) • 1999: Claudia Iovan (ROM) • 2001: Gao Hongmiao (CHN) • 2003: Tatyana Sibileva (RUS) • 2005 – 2007: Jiang Qiuyan (CHN) • 2009: Olga Mikhaylova (RUS)

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