Katarina Sederholm, married Hoff (born ) is a Finnish-Norwegian

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ter and weightlifter. She competed at the

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in her native Finland, but finished last. She never became Finnish champion, but won the Finnish indoor championships in 1997. In 1998 she became a Norwegian citizen, and competed at the 1998 European Championships, again without reaching the final. She became Norwegian champion in 1998, 1999 and 2000 before she retired. She represented the club Stjørdal FIK. Her personal best throw was 17.49 metres, achieved in 1996. When becoming Norwegian, she immediately set a Norwegian indoor record with 17.25 metres in

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. The Norwegian outdoor record was 99 centimetres shorter, and when the outdoor season approached, Sederholm set three

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in a Bislett stadion meet in May 1998: 16.62—16.73—17.00 metres. She improved further to 17.09 metres in June 1998 in

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and 17.11 metres in July 1998 in

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. The outdoor and indoor records still stand. As a weightlifter she competed in the +75 kg category when representing Norway at international competitions. She competed at world championships, most recently at the

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. She won the bronze medal in the 83+ class at the

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* 1968 births Living people Finnish female weightlifters Finnish female shot putters Finnish emigrants to Norway Norwegian female shot putters Norwegian female weightlifters Place of birth missing (living people) People from Stjørdal Naturalised citizens of Norway UTEP Miners women's track and field athletes {{Norway-weightlifting-bio-stub