Anu Elisa Koivisto (born 9 May 1980) is a 2-time Olympic

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from

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. She swam for Finland at the

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and

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Olympics. During her swimming career, she swam to multiple Finnish championships and

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. At the

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she was part of Finland's women's 4×100 Medley Relay, alongside

Mia Hagman Mia Hagman (born August 18, 1979 in Helsinki, Finland) is a retired female breaststroke swimmer from Finland. Hagman competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her best result was a 14th place with the women's ...

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, and

Marja Pärssinen Marja Pärssinen (born 13 March 1971 in Jyväskylä, Finland) is a retired female butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Finland. Nicknamed ''Marde'' Pärssinen competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 ...

. Koivisto lives in Oslo, Norway with the retired Norwegian swimmer Børge Mørk. She has a

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and works for Norway's Olympiatoppen.Fagpersoner ved Ernæringsavdelingen
(trans: Nutrition Department staff); from the website of Olympiatoppen (www.olympiatoppen.no); retrieved 2012-03-29. The couple has two children, Kia and Alexis, and has caused controversy for being an

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and not allowing her children to be vaccinated.

Medals

European Short Course Swimming Championships 2001 The 5th European Short Course Championships was held December 13–16, 2001 at the Wezenberg Swimming Pool in Antwerp, Belgium. The meet featured competition in a short course (25m) pool. Results Men's events Women's events Medal table ...

: silver (50m backstroke) and bronze (200m backstroke)

Finnish records

At one time Koivisto held the following Finnish Records:

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(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,

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)

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(25m) * 50 Backstroke 27,75 (December 15, 2001, Antwerp) * 200 Backstroke 2.07,10 (December 16, 2001, Antwerp)

References

1980 births Living people Finnish female backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Finland Swimmers from Helsinki Finnish expatriates in Norway {{Finland-swimming-bio-stub