Anu Koivisto

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Anu Koivisto
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Full nameAnu Elisa Koivisto
NationalityFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Born (1980-05-09) 9 May 1980 (age 44)
Helsinki, Finland
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
ClubSimmis
Medal record
Women's Swimming
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Antwerp 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Antwerp 200 m backstroke

Anu Elisa Koivisto (born 9 May 1980) [1] is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Finland. She swam for Finland at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. During her swimming career, she swam to multiple Finnish championships and national records.

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At the 1996 Olympics she was part of Finland's women's 4×100 Medley Relay, alongside Mia Hagman, Minna Salmela, and Marja Pärssinen.

Koivisto lives in Oslo, Norway with the retired Norwegian swimmer Børge Mørk. She has a dietitian's license and works for Norway's Olympiatoppen. [2] The couple has two children, Kia and Alexis, and has caused controversy for being an anti-vaccinationist and not allowing her children to be vaccinated.[ citation needed ]

Medals

Finnish records

At one time Koivisto held the following Finnish Records:
Long Course (50m)

Short Course (25m)

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References

  1. Koivisto's entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2012-03-29.
  2. (in Norwegian) Fagpersoner ved Ernæringsavdelingen (trans: Nutrition Department staff); from the website of Olympiatoppen (www.olympiatoppen.no); retrieved 2012-03-29.