Katarina Sederholm Explained

Katarina Sederholm
Fullname:	Katarina Sederholm Hoff
Birth Date:	19 June 1968
Weight:	94.35kg (208.01lb)
Sport:	Weightlifting
Weight Class:	+75 kg
Team:	National team
Updated:	28 September 2016

Katarina Sederholm, married Hoff (born 19 June 1968) is a Finnish-Norwegian shot putter and weightlifter.

She competed at the 1994 European Athletics Championships in her native Finland, but finished last.^[1] She never became Finnish champion, but won the Finnish indoor championships in 1997.^[2]

In 1998 she became a Norwegian citizen, and competed at the 1998 European Championships, again without reaching the final.^[3] She became Norwegian champion in 1998, 1999 and 2000 before she retired. She represented the club Stjørdal FIK.^[4]

Her personal best throw was 17.49 metres, achieved in 1996.^[5] When becoming Norwegian, she immediately set a Norwegian indoor record with 17.25 metres in Stange. The Norwegian outdoor record was 99 centimetres shorter, and when the outdoor season approached, Sederholm set three Norwegian records in a Bislett stadion meet in May 1998: 16.62 - 16.73 - 17.00 metres. She improved further to 17.09 metres in June 1998 in Lidingö and 17.11 metres in July 1998 in Hämeenkyrö.^[6] The outdoor and indoor records still stand.

As a weightlifter she competed in the +75 kg category when representing Norway at international competitions. She competed at world championships, most recently at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships.^[7] She won the bronze medal in the 83+ class at the 1997 European Weightlifting Championships.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
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World Championships
	Piraeus, Greece		100	100	100	---	---	---	---	---	0	---
			92.5	97.5	100	8	120	125	125	7	222.5	7

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women Shot Put European Championships 1994 Helsinki (FIN). Todor Krastev. 30 September 2016.
2. Web site: Finnish Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. 30 September 2016.
3. Web site: Women Shot Put European Championships 1998 Budapest (HUN). Todor Krastev. 30 September 2016.
4. News: Kule/Shot Put. Norwegian Athletics. 30 September 2016.
5. Web site: S. Norwegian Athletics. 30 September 2016.
6. Web site: Rekordenes Utvikling/Progression of the Records Women Tekniske øvelser/Field events. Norwegian Athletics. 30 September 2016.
7. Web site: 1999 Weightlifting World Championships - Katariina Sederholm. iwf.net. 23 June 2016.