Nina Koivumäki

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Nina Koivumäki

Personal information

Born

23 July 1985 (age 39)
Pori, Finland

Occupation

Judoka

Height

1.69 m (5 ft 61⁄2 in)

Weight

59 kg (130 lb)

Sport

Country

Finland

Sport

Judo

Weight class

–57 kg

Club

Tampereen Judo

Coached by

Tapio Mantymaki

Achievements and titles

Olympic Games

R16 (2008)

World Champ.

5th (2007)

European Champ.

5th (2006)

Medal record

European U23 Championships

	2006 Moscow	–57 kg
European Junior Championships
	2002 Rotterdam	–57 kg
	2004 Sofia	–57 kg

Profile at external databases

IJF

6342

JudoInside.com

13691

Updated on 9 February 2022

Nina Koivumäki (born July 23, 1985 in Pori) is a Finnish judoka, who competed as a lightweight.^[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. She finished 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

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^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nina Koivumäki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
^ "Women's Lightweight (57kg/125 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
^ "Women's Lightweight (57kg/125 lbs) Repechage". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

External links

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Nina Koivumäki at the International Judo Federation
Nina Koivumäki at JudoInside.com
Nina Koivumäki at Olympedia
Profile – Suomen Olympiakomitea
NBC 2008 Olympics profile

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