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Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||
Born | (2003-10-07) 7 October 2003 (age 21) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Norway | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||
Weight class | Welterweight | ||||||||||||||
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Mari Romundset Nilsen (born 7 October 2003) is a Norwegian taekwondo practitioner. She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.
Career
From Aure, Norway, she is a member of Aure Kampsportklubb. She became senior Norwegian taekwondo champion in December 2021.
She was runner-up to Britain's Chloe Roberts at the 2022 European Club Championships in Estonia. She made her senior international debut at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester. She was subsequently selected for the 67kg division at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara.
In February 2023, she was runner up at the Olympic qualifying event in Istanbul, losing in the final against the Belgian world champion Sarah Chaâri.
She won the bronze medal in the Women’s Welterwight division at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships. Entering the competition she had a world ranking of 30. In the semifinals she faced the Jordanian world number two Julyana Al-Sadeq.
She was selected to compete at the 2023 European Games in Kraków.
References
- "Mari Romundset Nilsen". Taekwondodata. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Betten, Henning (22 October 2022). "Mari is going to the WC". tk.no. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- "FANTASTISK TAEKWONDO-UKE FOR NORSKE UTØVERE". Kampsport.no. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- "Debut ga god læring". Sport, Taekwondo. alt.no. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- Fredheim, Geir Owe (6 February 2023). "Gold and silver for Summit 2024 athletes Richard Ordemann and Mari Romundset Nilsen in taekwondo". Teamnor.no. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- "Taekwondo: WC bronze to Mari Romundset Nilsen". Kommunikasjon. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- "Nilsen took bronze in the taekwondo WC". nrk.no. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- "Taekwondo: Romundset Nilsen to the semi-finals in the WC". vg.no. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- "Romundset Nilsen secured WC bronze". tv2.no. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- Davidsen, Andrine (23 June 2023). "Seven years ago he was her coach - now they are aiming for the Olympics together". Summit2024.no. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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