Liisa Lilja

Lilja at 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Born	(1992-08-26) 26 August 1992 Pori, Finland
Sport
Country	Finland
Sport	Paratriathlon
Disability	Bone cancer survivor
Disability class	PTS2
Coached by	Tommi Martikainen
Medal record Paratriathlon Representing  Finland World Paratriathlon Championships 2016 Rotterdam Women's PT2 European Paratriathlon Championships 2017 Kitzbühel Women's PTS2 2015 Geneva Women's PT2 2016 Lisbon Women's PT2 2019 Valencia Women's PTS2

Liisa Lilja (born 26 August 1992) is a Finnish paratriathlete who competes in international elite events. She is a World silver medalist, European champion and competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics finishing in fourth place.^[1][2]

Lilja was diagnosed with bone cancer in her right leg when she was eight years old and her right leg got amputated above the knee when she was ten years old. She began rehabilitation by doing swimming lessons and started competing in paratriathlon internationally in 2014.

Training accident

In November 2018, Lilja was involved in a car accident in Torrevieja, Spain while on a cycling training session. She was riding downhill at 40mph and collided with a car that was on the wrong side of the road, the driver of the vehicle was convicted of drink driving when he was given a blood test. Lilja spent a few days in hospital after breaking two bones in her left leg. She was unable to train fully for three months.^[3]

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