Tina Maria Rättyä (born 12 November 1968 in
Jakobstad
Jakobstad (; fi, Pietarsaari) is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The town has a population of () and covers a land area of . The population density is . Neighboring municipalities are Larsmo, Pedersöre, and Nykarleby. The ci ...
,
Ostrobothnia) is a retired
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
heptathlete
A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...
, who was nicknamed ''Tinuli''. She is the cousin of
Susann Sundqvist
Susann Sundkvist (born 8 December 1957) is a Finnish athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Sundkvist has won six consecutive Finnish championships in the High jump at the senior level. Her record ...
.
She finished thirteenth at the
1991 World Championships and the
1993 World Championships, tenth at the
1994 European Indoor Championships, eighth at the
1994 European Championships1994 European Championships results
- Sporting-Heroes.net and sixteenth at the 1995 World Championships.
References
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1968 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Jakobstad
Finnish heptathletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Finland
Finnish Athletics Championships winners
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