Tuula Tenkanen
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Tuula Tenkanen |
| Nationality |
 Finland |
| Born |
11 August 1990 Espoo, Finland |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class(es) | Sailboard |
| Club | Esbo Segelförening[1] |
| Coach | Minna Aalto[1] |
Tuula Tenkanen (born August 11, 1990 in Espoo) is a Finnish sailor, who specialized in one-person dinghy (Laser Radial) class.[2][1] She represented her nation Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has been training for Espoo Sailing Club (Finnish: Esbo Segelförening) throughout most of her sporting career under her longtime coach and mentor Minna Aalto.[3] As of September 2014, Tenkanen is ranked sixth in the world for the one-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation, following her successes at the European and ISAF World Championships.[4][5]
Tenkanen qualified for the Finnish squad in the newly introduced Laser Radial class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by placing twelfth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand.[6][7] She posted a net score of 128 points to achieve a creditable twenty-second position in a fleet of twenty-eight sailors, edging out Belarus' Tatiana Drozdovskaya by a mere, thirteen-point gap on the tenth leg.[8][9]
Tenkanen sought to compete for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but lost the slot to her sailing rival Sari Multala, who later finished seventh in the same class. Two years later, at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain, Tenkanen delivered her best career record with a fourth-place finish in the Laser Radial class to secure a spot on the Finnish sailing team for her second Olympic bid in Rio de Janeiro.[5][10]
References
- 1 2 3 "NBC Olympics Athlete Profile: Tuula Tenkanen". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ "Tuula Tenkanen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ "Fin dag för Tuula Tenkanen" [Nice day for Tuula Tenkanen] (in Swedish). Hufvudstadsbladet. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ Anderson, Gary (16 April 2014). "World's best to gather in Hyères for final sailing World Cup event of season". Inside the Games. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- 1 2 Airio, Iina (17 September 2014). "Tuula Tenkanen purjehti Suomelle toisen maapaikan" [Tuula Tenkanen grabs the second spot for Finland] (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ "Tuula Tenkanen Pekingiin – Sari Multala jäi rannalle" [Tuula Tenkanen goes to Beijing – Sari Multala stays on the coast] (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ "Tuula Tenkanen purjehtii Pekingissä" [Tuula Tenkanen flies to Beijing] (in Finnish). Uusi Suomi. 20 July 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ "Women's Laser Radial". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ↑ "Tenkanen olympiadebyytiksi kirjattiin 22. ja Colluran 29. sija" [Olympians Tenkanen finished 22nd, while Collura placed 29th] (in Finnish). Yle TV1. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ "Tuula Tenkanen varmisti Suomelle purjehduksen toisen maapaikan" [Tuula Tenkanen secured the second place in the lap of sailing to Finland] (in Finnish). Sport.fi. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.