Niko Mäkelä

is competitive swimmer from Riihimäki, Finland. He is born in 1998 and swims in RiUS (Riihimäen Uimaseura).

At the Finnish Long Course Championships Niko Mäkelä broke the 50 butterfly youth national record 24.56 and took the men’s 50 butterfly national title in a time of 24.59.

In 2015 Niko placed 10th in 50m butterfly at the Youth European championships in Baku, Azerbaidžan with a new youth national record time 24.43.

In 2015 at the Finnish Short Course Championships, Niko won youth national championship in 100m butterfly and finished fifth in the adults event setting a new youth national record posting a time of 53.40. He set a youth national record also in the 50 butterfly 23.80 and won a youth national championship title.

Niko can be contacted by email niko(a)nikomakela.fi.