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| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 2003 [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Norway | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Welterweight | ||||||||||||||
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Mari Romundset Nilsen (born 7 October 2003) is a Norwegian taekwondo practitioner. she was a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.
From Aure, Norway, she is a member of Aure Kampsportklubb. She became senior Norwegian taekwondo champion in December 2021. [2]
She was runner-up to Britain's Chloe Roberts at the 2022 European Club Championships in Estonia. [3] She made her senior international debut at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester. [4] She was subsequently selected for the 67kg division at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara. [2]
In February 2023, she was runner up at the Olympic qualifying event in Istanbul, losing in the final against the Belgian world champion Sarah Chaâri. [5]
She won the bronze medal in the Women’s Welterwight division at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships. [6] Entering the competition she had a world ranking of 30. [7] In the semifinals she faced the Jordanian world number two Julyana Al-Sadeq. [8] [9]
She was selected to compete at the 2023 European Games in Kraków. [10]
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