Silja Helena Känsäkoski (born 9 August 1997) is a Finnish swimmer. She competed at the

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and the 2016 FINA World Championships.

Career

Känsäkoski competed in four events at the

. She was set to compete in the

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, but the Finnish team was disqualified after the first lap. She competed in the 50-metre breaststroke and qualified to the semifinals where she finished 12th. She also finished 12th in the 200-metre breaststroke. Her best result came in the 100-metre breaststroke where she qualified to the finals, and she finished 5th. Känsäkoski competed at the 2016 FINA World Championships in four events. First, she competed in the 50-metre breaststroke where she finished 5th in the semifinals. She qualified to the finals of the 100-metre breaststroke along with teammate

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, marking the first time two Finnish swimmers competed in the same World Championships final. She finished 6th with a time of 1:05.16. She finished 14th in the heats of the 200-metre breaststroke. She competed in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay with Laukkanen, Emilia Bottas, and

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, and they finished 12th in the heats. Känsäkoski began competing for

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in 2017. That year, she won the Pac-12 Conference Championship in the 100-metre breaststroke. She won the same event in 2019, and she finished 13th in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2019 NCAA Championships. At the end of her senior year, she received the Bill Kajikawa Award which is an award given to a male and a female graduating student-athlete based on academic excellence, athletic accomplishment, and service in the community.

References

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