On The Comeback
“You only see the comeback. You didn’t see the rebuild. The pain. The doubt. The discipline.”
— Nooralotta Neziri
Olympian · First Finnish Woman Under 13
Nooralotta Neziri
12.73
100m Hurdles · Personal Best
01 — The Numbers
Personal bests,etched intoFinnish record
books.
A career measured in hundredths.
Three benchmarks. One former national record.
Three benchmarks. One former national record.
PB 01 — Indoor
★ Previous National Record
7.91s
60m Hurdles
PB 02 — Outdoor
2025 PB
12.73s
100m Hurdles
PB 03 — Flat
Top 10 FIN
11.46s
100m Sprint
02 — Highlights
A career in motion.
From European junior gold medals to the Olympic Games, Nooralotta's career has been defined by consistency at the highest level of Finnish athletics.
2026
The comeback reached Birmingham
Less than eleven months after ACL surgery, Nooralotta anchored Finland's 4×100m relay at the European Championships. The team recorded a season-best 43.78 and placed 11th overall. Two weeks earlier, she lowered her 100m personal best to 11.46 in Porvoo.
▲ European Championships · Anchor
2021
European Indoor Championships
Fourth in the 60m hurdles final in Toruń. A back stress fracture later ruled her out of the Olympic Games.
▲ Finalist · 4th
2021
National Record — Berlin
Ran 7.91 in the 60m hurdles indoor, setting the Finnish national record — since surpassed.
★ Previous National Record
2019
World Championships — Doha
Reached the 100m hurdles semi-final at the World Championships in Doha.
▲ Semifinalist
2016
Olympic Games — Rio
Olympic debut at the Rio Summer Games in the 100m hurdles, capping a breakout senior season.
◆ Olympian
2014
First Finnish woman under 13
Ran 12.98 in the 100m hurdles in Kuopio — the first Finnish woman ever to break 13 seconds.
★ First sub-13
2011
European Athletics Junior Championships
Won gold in Tallinn — a defining international result at the junior level and a signal of what was to come.
★ Gold
2009
European Youth Olympic Festival
Took gold at the EYOF — her first major international title and the start of a senior career.
★ Gold
ONGOING
Finnish National Championships
Multiple-time Finnish national champion in both the 100m hurdles and 60m indoor hurdles.
▲ Multi-Champion
Pro
Athlete
1992 — Present
Olympic semi-finalist in Rio. Multiple-time Finnish national champion and multiple European indoor finalist. In 2026, she returned from ACL reconstruction with a 100m personal best of 11.46 and anchored Finland at the European Championships. The road now continues toward Beijing 2027.
Rio 2016 · Olympic semifinalist
12.73s · 100mH · 2025 PB
European Indoor finalist · 4th in 2021
Coach
2024 — Present
Alongside her own training, she now coaches. NoLo Coaching — the same method she runs on herself, now shared with others.
Below — the method
03 — The Method
The bolt is hers.
The fire is yours.
NoLo Coaching
MMXXVI
NoLo Running Core is built from the method she runs on herself — clear structure for stronger, more deliberate training.