Karoliina Lundahl

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Satu Karoliina Lundahl (born Karoliina Leppäluoto on June 30, 1968 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish weightlifter .

Career

Karoliina grew up in Helsinki and began as a teenager with athletics (shot put, discus throwing). She also dealt with weightlifting for training purposes for these disciplines . When international weightlifting competitions were also announced in 1987, she switched to this sport. She started for "Pyrinto" Oulu and had found an excellent trainer in Jaakko Kailajärvi, a former Finnish world-class weightlifter. In 1990 she played her first international competition at the European Championships in Tenerife . In 1993 she married a former Finnish hammer thrower. Karoliina Lundahl was often in Slovakia for training purposes and trained there with Dusan Kovac. She later lived in California for a few years .

Her greatest successes were victories at the world championships in 1994 in Istanbul and in 1998 in Lahti .

International success / duel

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, KG = body weight)

  • 1990, 3rd place , EM on Tenerife , up to 82.5 kg body weight, with 175 kg, behind Judith Oakes, Great Britain , 200 kg and Valkana Totschewa, Bulgaria , 197.5 kg;
  • 1991, 1st place , EM in Varna , up to 82.5 kg body weight, with 192.5 kg, ahead of Veronika Tobias, Hungary , 187.5 kg and Veneto Genova, Bulgaria, 185 kg;
  • 1991, 4th place , World Championships in Donaueschingen , up to 82.5 kg body weight, with 195 kg, winner: Li Honglin , China , 240 kg, ahead of María Isabel Urrutia , Colombia , 240 kg;
  • 1992, 1st place , EM in Loures near Lisbon , up to 82.5 kg body weight, with 202.5 kg, ahead of Monique Riesterer , Germany , 200 kg and Line Mary, France , 200 kg;
  • 1992, 5th place , World Championships in Varna , up to 75 kg body weight, with 195 kg, winner: Hua Ju, China, 237.5 kg ahead of Kumi Haseba, Japan , 205 kg;
  • 1993, 2nd place , EM in Valencia , 2nd place, up to 83 kg body weight, with 195 kg, behind Theodula Spanou, Greece , 202.5 kg and in front of Line Mary, 182.5 kg;
  • 1993, 4th place , World Championship in Melbourne , up to 83 kg body weight, with 205 kg, behind Chen Shu-Chih , Taiwan , 230 kg, Panagotis Antonopoulou, Greece, 215 kg and Bharti Singh, India , 207.5 kg;
  • 1994, 1st place , EM in Rome , up to 83 kg body weight, with 222.5 kg, ahead of P. Antonopoulou, 212.5 kg and Venera Mannanowa, Russia , 210 kg;
  • 1994, 1st place , World Championships in Istanbul , over 83 kg body weight, with 230 kg, in front of Chen Hsiao-Lien, Taiwan , 217.5 kg;
  • 1995, 3rd place , World Championships in Guangzhou / China, over 83 kg body weight, with 227.5 kg; Winner: Erika Takacs, Hungary , 232.5 kg, ahead of Chen Hsiao-Lien, 230 kg;
  • 1996, 2nd place , World Championships in Warsaw , over 83 kg body weight, with 232.5 kg, behind Wan Ni, China, 240 kg and in front of Chen Hsiao-Lien, 227.5 kg;
  • 1996, 3rd place , EM in Prague , up to 83 kg body weight, with 220 kg, behind Albina Chomitsch , Russia, 232.5 kg and Monique Riesterer, 225 kg;
  • 1997, 7th place , World Championships in Chiangmai / Thailand , up to 83 kg body weight, with 210 kg, winner: Tang Weifang , China, 260 kg ahead of María Isabel Urrutia, 235 kg;
  • 1998, 6th place , EM in Riesa , up to 75 kg body weight, with 200 kg, winner: Maria Takacs, Hungary, 225 kg ahead of Ilona Danko, Hungary, 222.5 kg;
  • 1998, 1st place , World Championships in Lahti , up to 75 kg body weight, with 230 kg, ahead of Sule Shabaz, Turkey , 220 kg and Maria Takacs, 217.5 kg;
  • 1999, 3rd place , EM in A Coruña , up to 75 kg body weight, with 225 kg, behind Radka Sevcikova, Czech Republic , 230 kg and Sule Shabaz, 225 kg;
  • 1999, 6th place , World Championships in Athens , up to 75 kg body weight, with 227.5 kg, winner: Xu Jiao, China, 247.5 kg ahead of Kim Soo-Hee, South Korea , 242.5 kg;
  • 2000, 4th place , EM in Sofia , up to 75 kg body weight, with 225 kg, behind Swetlana Habirowa, Russia, 240 kg, Venera Mannanowa, 232.5 kg, and Beata Prei, Poland , 227.5 kg;
  • 2000, unplaced , OS in Sydney , up to 75 kg body weight, 3 failed attempts in tearing;
  • 2001, 3rd place , EM in Trencin , up to 75 kg body weight, with 230 kg;
  • 2001, unplaced , World Championships in Antalya , up to 75 kg body weight, retired due to injury in a tear;
  • 2002, 1st place , American Open in Savannah , up to 75 kg body weight, with 215 kg, ahead of Doreen Heldt, USA , 215 kg
  • At the 1996 Olympic Games , Karoliina Lundahl started in the shot put and was eliminated after qualifying.

Medals individual disciplines

  • World Cup gold medals: 1994, snatch, 102.5 kg - 1994, jerk, 127.5 kg - 1996, snatch, 107.5 kg - 1998, snatch, 105 kg -
  • World Cup silver medal: 1998, pushing, 125 kg -
  • World Cup bronze medals: 1994, snatch, 90 kg - 1995, snatch, 102.5 kg - 1995, push, 125 kg - 1996, push, 125 kg -
  • EM gold medals: 1991, push, 105 kg - 1992, push, 112.5 kg - 1994, snatch, 97.5 kg - 1994, push, 125 kg -
  • European Championship silver medals: 1991, snatch, 87.5 kg - 1992, snatch, 90 kg - 1993, snatch, 85 kg - 1993, push, 110 kg -
  • European Championship bronze medals: 1990, tear, 80 kg - 1996, tear, 100 kg - 1996, push, 120 kg -

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personal data
SURNAME Lundahl, Karoliina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leppäluoto, Karoliina (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki