Ari-Pekka Liukkonen is a Finnish sprint freestyle swimmer, born on 9 February 1989, who is a European champion and also serves as a Green League councillor in Jyväskylä. He swam the 50 metre freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 50 and 100 metre freestyle at the 2016 Games. He holds the Finnish record in the 50 metre freestyle at 21.58 seconds, as well as the Finnish short course record in that event, and the national 100 metre freestyle record of 49.44 seconds. In February 2014 he spoke about his sexuality in an interview with the broadcaster Yle, becoming one of the first openly gay top-level athletes in Finland. He was first elected to the Jyväskylä council in 2017 and was re-elected in 2021 and 2025.
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He competed in the 50 m freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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At the 2016 Olympics he swam in the 50 and 100 m freestyle events.
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