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TAEKWONDO
Finland has taken part at all Olympic taekwondo tournaments except in 2008. Kirsimarja Koskinen placed sixth in women’s 67
kg category in Sydney 2000 and Suvi Mikkonen fifth in 57 kg in London 2012.
WOMEN
Suvi Mikkonen
* 11 July 1988 Saari
Present residence: Madrid (Spain)
164 cm, 57 kg
Club: Izenzei, Helsinki
Coach: Jesús Ramal
Category: 57 kg
Suvi Mikkonen broke into the world taekwondo elite by placing fifth at her Olympic debut in London 2012. In 2014
she won her first major international medal, bronze at the European Championships in Baku. She won her ticket to
Rio by finishing runner-up in her weight class at the European qualifying tournament in Istanbul in January. Suvi
has lived and trained in Spain for more than a decade. She was a talented football player in her junior years, and
played for one season in Spanish women’s second division before concentrating fully on taekwondo.
PREVIOUS OLYMPIC GAMES:
2012 5–6th (57 kg).
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
2008 EurCh 9–16th (55 kg).
2009 WCh 17–32nd (53 kg).
2011 WCh 33–52nd (53 kg).
2013 WCh 17–30th (53 kg).
2014 EurCh bronze (53 kg).
2015 WCh 5–8th (53 kg). EurCh 5–8th (57 kg). European Games 9–16th (57 kg).
2016 EurCh 5–8th (57 kg).
Jesus Ramal
Coach
Jose Luis Lara Pinero
Sparring Partner
Team Management