Anu Elisa Koivisto (born 9 May 1980)[1] is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Finland. She swam for Finland at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. During her swimming career, she swam to multiple Finnish championships and national records.
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| Full name | Anu Elisa Koivisto | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 May 1980 Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Simmis | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 1996 Olympics she was part of Finland's women's 4×100 Medley Relay, alongside Mia Hagman, Minna Salmela, and Marja Pärssinen.
Koivisto lives in Oslo, Norway with the retired Norwegian swimmer Børge Mørk. She has a dietitian's license and works for Norway's Olympiatoppen.[2] The couple has two children, Kia and Alexis, and has caused controversy for being an anti-vaccinationist and not allowing her children to be vaccinated.[citation needed]
Medals
edit- European Short Course Swimming Championships 2001: silver (50m backstroke) and bronze (200m backstroke)
Finnish records
editAt one time Koivisto held the following Finnish Records:
Long Course (50m)
- 200 Backstroke 2.14,92 (February 1, 1998, Greve)
- 4×50 Freestyle Relay national team 1.47,68 (January 29, 1999, Greve)
- 4×50 Medley Relay national team 1.59,93 (January 31, 1999, Greve)
- 4×100 Medley Relay national team 4.14,14 (July 24, 1996 Atlanta)
Short Course (25m)
- 50 Backstroke 27,75 (December 15, 2001, Antwerp)
- 200 Backstroke 2.07,10 (December 16, 2001, Antwerp)
References
edit- ^ Koivisto's entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2012-03-29.
- ^ (in Norwegian) Fagpersoner ved Ernæringsavdelingen (trans: Nutrition Department staff); from the website of Olympiatoppen (www.olympiatoppen.no); retrieved 2012-03-29.
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