The Entire Competition - Wife Carrying World Championship Finland 2023
Every year a small town of Sonkajaervi in Finland hosts the International Wife
Carrying Championships. During this competition, husbands have to carry their wives along the track with various obstacles.
The track is 250 m long and features several obstacles on land and a 1-m deep water pool. According to the rules, the participants can carry their wives or the neighbours.
The wife should be at least 17 years old and weight minimum 49 kilos. If the wife is lighter, she should carry an additional rucksack. There are differen
...t types of carrying: piggyback, over the shoulder, or Estonian-style when a wife hangs upside-down with the legs around her husband’s shoulders and holds his waist.
The only equipment is a helmet and a belt. Two couples start
simultaneously and run as fast as they can. The winning couple is
the one that completes the course in the shortest time.
Heat 1 : 1. Agnieszka Stolarska & Beata Kysiak Puola - Poland
2. Lassi Roivainen & Camilla Räsänen - Finland
Heat 2 : 3. Pyry Veteli & Laura Väisänen - Finland
4. Vilhelm Nordström & Ninni Nordström - Finland
Heat 3 : 5. Milla Tallila & Eveliina Stigell - Finland
6. Markus Parkkari & Nina Parkkari - Finland
Heat 4 : 7. Josue Sanchez Zepeda & Nina Suni - Finland
8. Antti Siltala & Jaana Haavikko - Finland
Heat 5 : 9. Tuomas Laaksonen & Miia Tapper - Finland
10. Seppo Somerharju & Sonja Ahonen - Finland
Heat 6 : 11. Miikka Hokkanen & Roosa Kemppi - Finland
12. John Lund & Stefanie Weisseisen - USA
Heat 7 : 13. Pasi Laulumaa & Mira Hartikainen - Finland
16 . Elliot Storey & Giana Storey - USA
Heat 8 : 17. Pekka Kadenius & Juulia Yliheikkilä - Finland
19. Benjamin Virolainen & Jenny Kallio - Finland
Heat 9 : 20. Otto Holst & Viivi Heljanko - Finland
22. Ari Heiskanen & Thitayakorn Thirati - Finland
Heat 10: 23. Petteri Kosonen & Elina Kosonen - Finland
24. Antti Laine & Paula Laine - Finland
Heat 11: 26. Toni Junnilainen & Jessica Harlamow - Finland
28. Jürgen Hummel & Bärbel Hummel - Germany
Heat 12: 29. Aris Aristodemou Danai Koftori UK
30. Janno Sild & Anu Sild - Estland
Heat 13: 31. Eliezer de lima Alves & Eda Marie Atilla - Brazil
34. Jon Krebs & Sofia Móren - Sweden/New Zealand
Heat 14: 36. Tilmann Schwab & Alexandra Sommerfeld - Germany
38. Alex Bone & Millie Barnham - United Kingdom
Heat 15: 35. Vytautas Kirkliauskas & Neringa Kirkliauskiene - Lithuanian
39. Stephan Zwillus & Flora Bendt - Sweden
Heat 16: 40. Costas Papaikonomou & Patricia Marsman-Papaikonomou - Netherland
41. Thorsten Milzner & Vanessa Wallbaum - Germany
Heat 17: 42. Sylwester Jaskulowski & Iwona Jaskutowska - Poland
43. Maciej Kasinski & Kasia Kasinska - Poland
Heat 18: 44. Ángel Muñiz Mariño & Essi Jakobsson - Finland
45. Janno Sild & Anu Sild - Estonia
Heat 19: 46. Kari Väisänen & Adele Botty van den Bruele - Finland
47. Lare Lautiainen & Lumi Liikanen - Finland
Heat 20: 48. Andrew Lee & Devon Lee - USA
49. Taisto Miettinen & Katja Kovanen - Finland
Big Thanks to Eukonkannon Sonkajärvi Finland Press office
for allowing us to come by and experience this fantastic event 🤩
Result Top 10 World Championships Of Wife Carrying 2023 Main Series
1. 49 Taisto Miettinen Katja Kovanen FIN 1:
2. 35 Vytautas Kirkliauskas Neringa Kirkliauskiene LTU 1:
3. 10 Seppo Somerharju Sonja Ahonen FIN 1:
4. 36 Tilmann Schwab Alexandra Sommerfeld GER 1:
5. 16 Elliot Storey Giana Storey USA 1:
6. 20 Otto Holst Viivi Heljanko FIN 1:
7. 9 Tuomas Laaksonen Miia Tapper FIN 1:
8. 38 Alex Bone Millie Barnham UK 1:
9. 4 Vilhelm Nordström Ninni Nordström FIN 1:
10. 8 Antti Siltala Jaana Haavikko FIN 1:
Result Top 5 World Championships Of Wife Carrying 2023 Senior Competition
1. 12 John Lund & Stefanie Weisseisen FIN/USA1:
2. 30 Janno Sild & Anu Sild EST 1:
3. 45 Miika Rantanen & Tuija Lahtinen FIN 1:
4. 44 Ángel Muñiz Mariño & Essi Jakobsson FIN 2:
5. 48 Andrew Lee & Devon Lee USA 2: 1:
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