Veera Mattila

Veera Mattila (born 21 January 2003) is a track and field athlete from Finland. In 2023, she became the national indoor champion over 800 metres.

Early life
From Kiikoinen, she attended High School in Pori. She then studied biology at the University of Turku.

Career
She was part of a Finnish 4x400m relay team that set a new national U20 record at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. Individually at that championships she competed in the 800 metres and qualified from the heats for the semi-finals. In August 2022, she was selected for the Finnish team at the 2022 European Athletics Championships held in Munich.

In February 2023, she became the Finnish national indoor champion over 800m, in Helsinki. She ran a new personal best time of 2:08.01. At the same competition she also ran in the 400m and set a new personal best of 54.85, finishing fifth.

In July 2023, she competed in the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 800 metres and won the silver medal in a new personal best time of 2:03.14. Although, she was initially mistakenly given the bronze medal on the podium.