Anu Koivisto
Personal information
Full nameAnu Elisa Koivisto
Nationality Finland
Born (1980-05-09) 9 May 1980
Helsinki, Finland
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubSimmis
Medal record
Women's Swimming
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2001 Antwerp 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Antwerp 200 m backstroke

Anu Elisa Koivisto (born 9 May 1980)[1] is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Finland. She swam for Finland at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. During her swimming career, she swam to multiple Finnish championships and national records.

At the 1996 Olympics she was part of Finland's women's 4×100 Medley Relay, alongside Mia Hagman, Minna Salmela, and Marja Pärssinen.

Koivisto lives in Oslo, Norway with the retired Norwegian swimmer Børge Mørk. She has a dietitian's license and works for Norway's Olympiatoppen.[2] The couple has two children, Kia and Alexis, and has caused controversy for being an anti-vaccinationist and not allowing her children to be vaccinated.

Medals

Finnish records

At one time Koivisto held the following Finnish Records:
Long Course (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, 1996 Atlanta)

Short Course (25m)

  • 50 Backstroke 27,75 (December 15, 2001, Antwerp)
  • 200 Backstroke 2.07,10 (December 16, 2001, Antwerp)

References

  1. ↑ Koivisto's entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2012-03-29.
  2. ↑ (in Norwegian) Fagpersoner ved Ernæringsavdelingen (trans: Nutrition Department staff); from the website of Olympiatoppen (www.olympiatoppen.no); retrieved 2012-03-29.


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