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Birth name | Emilija Potšepko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Emilija Manninen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 22 January 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Estonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emilija Manninen (born 22 January 1981) is an Estonian female hurdler.[1] She has represented Estonia at the Deaflympics in 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013.[2]
Emilija won her first Deaflympic medal, which was a bronze medal at the 2001 Summer Deaflympics in the women's 400m hurdles.[3] She also claimed a silver medal in the 400m hurdles during the 2009 Summer Deaflympics, which was her second medal in the women's 400m hurdles.[4] Emilija Manninen set a new Deaflympic record for the women's 400m hurdles with a record time of 1:01.62 during the 2013 Summer Deaflympics after earning a gold medal in the particular event.[5][6][7]