Anu Elisa Koivisto (born 9 May 1980) is a 2-time Olympic

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from

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. She swam for Finland at the

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and

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Olympics. During her swimming career, she swam to multiple Finnish championships and

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. At the

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she was part of Finland's women's 4×100 Medley Relay, alongside Mia Hagman, Minna Salmela, and Marja Pärssinen. Koivisto lives in

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with the retired Norwegian swimmer Børge Mørk. She has a

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and works for Norway's Olympiatoppen.Fagpersoner ved Ernæringsavdelingen
(trans: Nutrition Department staff); from the website of Olympiatoppen (www.olympiatoppen.no); retrieved 2012-03-29. The couple has two children, Kia and Alexis, and has caused controversy for being an

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and not allowing her children to be vaccinated.

Medals

* European Short Course Swimming Championships 2001: silver (50m backstroke) and bronze (200m backstroke)

Finnish records

At one time Koivisto held the following Finnish Records:

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(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

1980 births Living people Finnish female backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Finland Swimmers from Helsinki Finnish expatriates in Norway 21st-century Finnish sportswomen {{Finland-swimming-bio-stub