Henna Johansson Explained

Henna Johansson
Birth Name:Henna Katarina Johansson
Birth Date:1 May 1991
Birth Place:Gällivare, Sweden [1]
Sport:Wrestling
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Henna Katarina Johansson (born 1 May 1991) is a Swedish wrestler.

She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 63 kg weight class, winning her first round match against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan but lost her quarterfinal match against Kaori Icho of Japan. She finished 10th after losing to Martine Dugrenier of Canada in Repechage round 2.

She competed in the 63 kg weight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won her first match against Adéla Hanzlíčková of the Czech Republic and lost her quarterfinal match against Maryia Mamashuk of Belarus. She again finished 10th after losing to Yekaterina Larionova of Kazakhstan in her Repechage round 2 match.

In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[2] [3]

She represented Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's freestyle 62 kg event.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/henna-johansson-751179
  2. News: Rowbottom . Mike . 10 June 2021 . Stadnik unstoppable on day one of women's wrestling at Poland Open . InsideTheGames.biz . 4 July 2021.
  3. Web site: 2021 Poland Open Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf . 4 July 2021 . 4 July 2021 . United World Wrestling.
  4. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 7 August 2021 . 8 August 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.