Mari Romundset Nilsen | |
Headercolor: | lightblue |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Birth Date: | 7 October 2003[1] |
Country: | Norway |
Sport: | Taekwondo |
Weight Class: | Welterweight |
Mari Romundset Nilsen (born 7 October 2003) is a Norwegian taekwondo practitioner. She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.
From Aure, Norway, she is a member of Aure Kampsportklubb. She became senior Norwegian taekwondo champion in December 2021.
She was runner-up to Britain's Chloe Roberts at the 2022 European Club Championships in Estonia.[2] She made her senior international debut at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester.[3] She was subsequently selected for the 67kg division at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara.[4]
In February 2023, she was runner up at the Olympic qualifying event in Istanbul, losing in the final against the Belgian world champion Sarah Chaâri.[5]
She won the bronze medal in the Women’s Welterwight division at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.[6] Entering the competition she had a world ranking of 30.[7] In the semifinals she faced the Jordanian world number two Julyana Al-Sadeq.[8] [9]
She was selected to compete at the 2023 European Games in Kraków.[10]