Kirsimarja Koskinen

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Kirsimarja Koskinen
Personal information
NationalityFinnish
Born (1969-04-11) 11 April 1969 (age 54)
Helsinki, Finland
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Achievements and titles
World finals8 (19892003)
Olympic finals 1 (2000)

Kirsimarja Koskinen (born 11 April 1969) is a Finnish taekwondo practitioner. She was born in Helsinki. [1]

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Career

Koskinen won a silver medal at the 1990 European championships, and bronze medal in 1994 and 1996. She participated at the World Taekwondo Championships eight times, first time in 1989. [2] She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kirsimarja Koskinen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  2. "KUUTSCHIN (KOSKINEN), Kirsimarja". taekwondodata.com. Retrieved 6 July 2019.