Nina Koivumäki

Nina Koivumäki
Personal information
Nationality  Finland
Born (1985-07-23) 23 July 1985
Pori, Finland
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event(s) 57 kg
Club Tampereen Judo
Coached by Tapio Mantymaki

Nina Koivumäki (born July 23, 1985 in Pori) is a Finnish judoka, who played for the lightweight category.[1] She is a five-time national champion, and a three-time medalist at the European Junior Championships. She is a member of Tampereen Judo Club in Tampere, and is coached and trained by Tapio Mantymaki.

Koivumaki qualified for the women's half-lightweight class (57 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fifth from the 2007 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She reached only into the second preliminary round, where she lost by two yukos to China's Xu Yan.[2] Because her opponent advanced further into the semi-finals, Koivumaki offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Algeria's Lila Latrous, with a koka and a golden score, in the first repechage bout. Unfortunately, she finished only in ninth place, after losing out the second repechage bout to Japan's Aiko Sato, who successfully scored an ippon and a yoko shiho gatame (seven mat holds), in three minutes.[3]

References

  1. "Nina Koivumäki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  2. "Women's Lightweight (57kg/125 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  3. "Women's Lightweight (57kg/125 lbs) Repechage". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

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