![]() Seppälä at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Hanski | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kerava, Finland | 13 December 1984|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, individual medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Cetus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hanna-Maria Hintsa (née Seppälä[1] born 13 December 1984) is a retired Finnish freestyle swimmer, who won the world title in the 100 m freestyle at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
Hintsa started swimming at age five and made the Finnish national junior team by age 10.[citation needed] In 1999 she won the bronze medal in the European Junior Championships in the 50 m freestyle event. To date she has broken 100 Finnish national records. Hintsa's manager was the now-defunct SportElite company.[citation needed]
Achievements[edit]
Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Time |
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1999 | European Junior Championships | Moscow, Russia | third in 50 m freestyle fourth in 100 m freestyle |
26.48 57.69 |
2000 | World SC Championships | Athens, Greece | eighth in 100 m individual medley | 1:03.84 |
2000 | European LC Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 14th in 50 m freestyle 12th in 100 m freestyle |
26.24 56.72 |
2000 | European Junior Championships | Dunkerque, France | first in 50 m freestyle first in 100 m freestyle |
26.07 56.69 |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 28th in 50 m freestyle 18th in 100 m freestyle |
26.21 56.68 |
2000 | European SC Championships | Valencia, Spain | fifth in 100 m individual medley | 1:02.63 |
2001 | World LC Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 29th in 50 m freestyle 17th in 100 m freestyle |
26.23 56.39 |
2001 | European SC Championships | Antwerp, Belgium | fifth in 50 m freestyle eighth in 100 m individual medley |
25.04 1:02.88 |
2002 | European LC Championships | Berlin, Germany | 14th in 50 m freestyle 11th in 100 m freestyle |
26.03 55.84 |
2002 | European SC Championships | Riesa, Germany | sixth in 50 m freestyle eighth in 100 m individual medley |
25.25 1:03.13 |
2003 | World LC Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 10th in 50 m freestyle first in 100 m freestyle |
25.39 54.37 |
2003 | European SC Championships | Dublin, Ireland | fifth in 50 m freestyle third in 100 m freestyle |
24.79 53.46 |
2004 | World SC Championships | Indianapolis, United States | 16th in 50 m freestyle fifth in 100 m freestyle fourth in 100 m individual medley 19th in 100 m backstroke |
25.42 54.39 1:01.23 1:03.13 |
2004 | European LC Championships | Madrid, Spain | 12th in 50 m freestyle seventh in 100 m freestyle 17th in 100 m backstroke 11th in 4 × 100 m freestyle 13th in 4 × 100 m medley |
25.88 55.36 1:04.82 3:57.40 4:23.00 |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 24th in 50 m freestyle 12th in 100 m freestyle |
26.01 55.59 |
2004 | European SC Championships | Wien, Austria | 10th in 50 m freestyle eighth in 100 m freestyle sixth in 100 m individual medley seventh in 4×50 m medley |
25.34 55.07 1:02.23 1:52.85 |
2005 | World LC Championships | Montreal, Canada | 14th in 50 m freestyle ninth in 100 m freestyle |
25.70 55.32 |
2005 | European SC Championships | Trieste, Italy | fifth in 50 m freestyle second in 100 m freestyle first in 100 m individual medley |
24.65 53.36 1:00.71 |
2006 | World SC Championships | Shanghai, China | sixth in 50 m freestyle fourth in 100 m freestyle second in 100 m individual medley 20th in 50 m breaststroke |
24.87 53.78 1:00.74 32.67 |
2006 | European LC Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 15th in 50 m freestyle fifth in 100 m freestyle 26th in 50 m butterfly 31st in 100 m butterfly 12th in 4 × 100 m medley |
25.66 55.05 27.74 1:02.26 4:20.79 |
2006 | European SC Championships | Helsinki, Finland | third in 50 m freestyle fourth in 100 m freestyle first in 100 m individual medley seventh in 4×50 m medley |
24.57 53.29 1:00.45 1:50.99 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Hanna-Maria Seppälä vaihtoi sukunimensä: "Hupskeikkaa"". is.fi. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
Hän on nykyisin Hanna-Maria Hintsa
External links[edit]
- Hanna-Maria Seppälä on Facebook
- Hanna-Maria Seppälä's records and achievements at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 October 2009)
- Hanna-Maria Seppälä at SportElite at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 March 2009)
- Hanna-Maria Seppälä at Swimrankings.net
- Hanna-Maria Seppälä at World Aquatics
- Hanna-Maria Seppälä at Olympedia
- Hanna-Maria Seppälä at Olympics.com