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Place of Birth: Loppi, Tavastia Proper, Finland
About Mikko Lahtio
- Mikko Antti Juhani Lahtio (born September 21, 1984 in Loppi) is a Finnish middle distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres.
- Lahtio represented Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 800 metres.
- He ran in the eighth heat against seven other competitors, including Cuba's Yeimer LĂłpez and Algeria's Nabil Madi, who both reached into the final round.
- He finished the race in last place by thirty-two hundredths of a second behind Morocco's Yassine Bensghir, with a time of 1:47.20.
- Lahtio, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed twenty-seventh overall and was ranked farther below two mandatory slots for the next round.Lahtio is a graduate of construction engineering at HAMK University of Applied Sciences in Hämeenlinna.
- He is also a full-time member of Helsingin Kisa-Veikot, a local track and field club in Helsinki, and has been coached all through his career by his father Olavi.
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