Stina Troest (born 17 January 1994) is a Danish

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. She ran the 400 meter hurdles at the

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2010 and won silver.Photo from Reuters Pictures
/ref> Stina Troest has been practicing athletics since she started "mini athletics" (3-7 year olds) at Amager AC at the age of 3, which her mother started there in 1998. She still coaches her daughter in hurdles.

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1994 births Danish female hurdlers Danish female middle-distance runners Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Denmark Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Denmark Athletes from Copenhagen 21st-century Danish sportswomen {{Denmark-athletics-bio-stub