Mari Romundset Nilsen

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Mari Romundset Nilsen
Personal information
Nationality Norwegian
Born (2003-10-07) 7 October 2003 (age 20) [1]
Sport
Country Norway
Sport Taekwondo
Weight classWelterweight
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Baku 67kg

Mari Romundset Nilsen (born 7 October 2003) is a Norwegian taekwondo practitioner. she was a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.

Career

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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References

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