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Noora Ruskola
* 21 December 1994 Helsinki
Present residence: Helsinki
154 cm, 53 kg
Club: Nyländska Jaktklubben
Coach: Tom Lönnqvist
Class: 49er FX
Noora Ruskola and Camilla Cedercreutz won a quota place for Finland in 49er FX,
the new Olympic class, at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia regatta in Palma de Mallorca in March 2016. They still had to
beat another Finnish pair in the Hyères regatta in April to earn their ticket to Rio. Noora won the World Champion-
ship title in the junior Zoom8 class in 2010. She joined forces with Cedercreutz in the following year.
ACHIEVEMENTS (in 49er FX unless stated otherwise):
2010 WCh gold Zoom 8.
2011 WJunCh 19th 29er (with Camilla Cedercreutz)
2012 WCh 43rd 29er (with Camilla Cedercreutz).
2013 EurCh 26th. WYouthCh gold (with Camilla Cedercreutz).
2014 WCh 28th. EurCh 24th. (with Camilla Cedercreutz).
2015 WCh 31st. EurCh 17th (with Camilla Cedercreutz).
2016 WCh 32nd. EurCh 19th (with Camilla Cedercreutz).
Tuula Tenkanen
* 11 August 1990 Espoo
Present residence: Espoo
167 cm, 69 kg
Club: Esbo Segelförening
Coach: Diego Romero
Class: Laser Radial
Tuula Tenkanen had an early start for her Olympic career: she was only 17 and world
junior champion when she was chosen to represent Finland at the 2008 regatta in Qingdao. Her breakthrough in
the senior ranks came five years later: since winning silver at the World Championships of 2013 Tuula has been a
medal contender at every major regatta in women’s Laser Radial class. Her latest medal is bronze from the European
championships held in Las Palmas in March 2016. Tuula studies biotechnology at Aalto University in Helsinki.
PREVIOUS OLYMPIC GAMES:
2008 22nd Laser Radial.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS (all in Laser Radial):
2007 WJunCh gold. EurCh 32nd.
2008 WCh 12th. EurCh 34th.
2009 WCh 40th. EurCh 27th.
2010 WCh 10th. EurCh 13th.
2011 WCh 11th. EurCh 22nd.
2012 WCh 12th. EurCh 13th.
2013 WCh silver. EurCh 5th.
2014 WCh 4th. EurCh 6th.
2015 WCh 4th. EurCh bronze.
2016 EurCh bronze.