Helena Kuusisto
Helena Ksenia Kuusisto (born November 6, 1992) is a Finnish karateka. She represents the Shotokan karate club Pori; her trainer is Sade-Maria Pirttinen. Previously, she coached Anssi Kaltevo. Competing in Women's +68 kg kumite, Kuusisto had reached the 2012 Wold Cup silver in Athens, as well as the Premier League bronze medals in Frankfurt, Istanbul and Salzburg.In 2013, Kuusisto reached the Youth European Championship bronze in 18-20-year-olds held in Turkey, located in Konya in the Young People's European Championships. In addition, she was a silver Premier League in Paris a few races.
In 2014, Kuusisto won the general series of European Championship bronze in + 68 kg category. Kuusisto was also involved in the EM-silver speed, a women's team along with Emma Aronen, Melis Abatin and Henna Kuusisto . She has won the Finnish Open in her career (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012.2013), Estonia Open (2010, 2012), Budapest Open (2010, 2011), Stockholm Open (2011), Latvia Open (2011) and the Czech karate Euro GP (2013). Kuusisto won her first world title, the most common in the Nordic countries, in the spring of 2012. She has won gold in the PM-2013 and 2014. During her career she has achieved a number of the most common series of Finnish championships, first in 2009 when she won at age 16 SM-gold and the women's + 68 kg in the women's open weight class. She also has a number of young Finnish championships.
The 2011 Youth World Championships in Malaysia, Kuusisto won the 5th place from 18–20 years in the +60 kg category. She has participated in the Junior World Championships in 2009. in the Youth Championship competitions, she has participated in 2010, 2011.2012 and 2013. Kuusisto has also participated in a series of general European championships in 2011,2012,2013 and 2014. The general series of World Cup competitions she has participated 2012[1]