Silja Känsäkoski
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Silja Helena Känsäkoski |
| National team |  Finland |
| Born | 9 August 1997 Oulu, Finland |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
| College team | Arizona State |
Silja Helena Känsäkoski (born 9 August 1997)[1] is a Finnish swimmer. She competed at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and the 2016 FINA World Championships.
Career
[edit]Känsäkoski competed in four events at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. She was set to compete in the mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay, but the Finnish team was disqualified after the first lap.[why?][2] She competed in the 50-metre breaststroke and qualified to the semifinals where she finished 12th. She also finished 12th in the 200-metre breaststroke.[1] Her best result came in the 100-metre breaststroke where she qualified to the finals, and she finished 5th.[1]
Känsäkoski competed at the 2016 FINA World Championships in four events. First, she competed in the 50-metre breaststroke where she finished 5th in the semifinals. She qualified to the finals of the 100-metre breaststroke along with teammate Jenna Laukkanen, marking the first time two Finnish swimmers competed in the same World Championships final.[3] She finished 6th with a time of 1:05.16. She finished 14th in the heats of the 200-metre breaststroke. She competed in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay with Laukkanen, Emilia Bottas, and Hanna-Maria Seppälä, and they finished 12th in the heats.
Känsäkoski began competing for Arizona State University in 2017.[4] That year, she won the Pac-12 Conference Championship in the 100-metre breaststroke. She won the same event in 2019, and she finished 13th in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2019 NCAA Championships.[5] At the end of her senior year, she received the Bill Kajikawa Award which is an award given to a male and a female graduating student-athlete based on academic excellence, athletic accomplishment, and service in the community.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Silja Kansakoski". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Results of the mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay heats at 2014 Summer Youth Olympics" (PDF). Official Site. 22 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Kaksi viidettä sijaa Windsorin illassa!". Aquatics Finland (in Finnish). 10 December 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Pruden, Cathleen (6 September 2016). "Joan Casanovas and Silja Kansakoski to Join Arizona State in January". Swimming World. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "SILJA KANSAKOSKI". Sun Devil Athletics. Arizona State University. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Kyle Williams, Silja Kansakoski Win Bill Kajikawa Award". Sun Devils Athletics. Arizona State University. Retrieved 2 April 2021.