Hanna-Maria Hintsa (' Seppälä
born 13 December 1984) is a retired Finnish
freestyle swimmer
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, who won the world title in the 100 m freestyle at the
2003 World Aquatics Championships in
Barcelona
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, Spain.
Hintsa started swimming at age five and made the Finnish national junior team by age 10. In 1999 she won the bronze medal in the European Junior Championships in the 50 m freestyle event. To date she has broken 100
Finnish national records. Hintsa's manager was the now-defunct SportElite company.
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1984 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kerava
Finnish female freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Finland
Finnish female backstroke swimmers
Finnish female butterfly swimmers
Finnish female medley swimmers
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
21st-century Finnish sportswomen