Titta Keinänen Explained

Titta Keinänen
Birth Date:1993 10, df=yes
Country:Finland
Sport:Karate
Weight Class:+68 kg
Event:Kumite

Titta Keinänen (born 28 October 1993)[1] is a Finnish karateka. She is a bronze medalist in the women's kumite +68kg event at the 2019 European Games and the 2019 European Karate Championships.

Career

In 2016, Keinänen won one of the bronze medals in her event at the World University Karate Championships held in Braga, Portugal.[2] [3]

Keinänen won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite +68kg event at the 2019 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain.[4] In that same year, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite +68kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[5] [6]

In June 2021, Keinänen competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] In November 2021, she competed in the women's +68kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[8] She was eliminated in her fourth match by eventual bronze medalist Sofya Berultseva of Kazakhstan.[8]

Keinänen lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[9] [10] In 2023, she competed in the women's +68kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary where she was eliminated in her second match.[11]

Keinänen competes at competitions of the Karate1 Premier League.[12] [13]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2019European ChampionshipsGuadalajara, Spain3rdKumite +68kg
European GamesMinsk, Belarus3rdKumite +68kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Entry List by Country . https://web.archive.org/web/20220709185232/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Root/ViewPdf/KTE-------------------------------_C32A_1.0.pdf . 9 July 2022 . 9 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  2. News: Morgan . Liam . 13 August 2016 . Agier lays down marker with victory over rival Buchinger at World University Karate Championship . . 23 August 2022.
  3. Web site: 2016 World University Karate Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201015224326/https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/2016_WUC_Karate_results.pdf. 15 October 2020. 16 November 2021. Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire.
  4. Web site: Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200829122053/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/254/ResultBook_EKF_Seniors_2019.pdf. 29 August 2020. 29 August 2020. 2019 European Karate Championships.
  5. News: Spain take three golds on opening day of karate competition at Minsk 2019. Rowbottom. Mike. 29 June 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 1 February 2020.
  6. Web site: Karate Medalists. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200815093537/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/281/C93%20-%20Karate%20-%20Medalists%20by%20Event%20%28Sun,%2030%20Jun%202019%20-%2018_19%29.pdf. 15 August 2020. 15 August 2020. 2019 European Games.
  7. Web site: 2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614115613/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf. 14 June 2021. 14 June 2021. World Karate Federation.
  8. Web site: 2021 World Karate Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf. 21 November 2021. 21 November 2021. World Karate Federation.
  9. News: 10 July 2022 . Karateka Keinänen sijoittui neljänneksi World Games -kisoissa . fi . Aamulehti . 24 August 2022.
  10. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf . 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  11. Web site: 2023 World Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231029174223/https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ . 29 October 2023 . 30 October 2023 . Sportdata.org.
  12. News: Butler . Nick . 6 September 2015 . Zaretska continues superb year with Azerbaijani victory on final day of Karate1 Premier League in Istanbul . InsideTheGames.biz . 23 August 2022.
  13. News: Rowbottom . Mike . 7 April 2018 . China's Xiaoyan Yin one step from third WKF Karate 1-Premier League gold of season in Rabat . InsideTheGames.biz . 23 August 2022.