Nina Koivumäki (born July 23, 1985 in Pori) is a Finnish judoka, who competed as a lightweight.^[1] She is a five-time national champion, and a three-time medalist at the European Junior Championships. She is a member of Tampereen Judo Club in Tampere, and is coached and trained by Tapio Mantymaki.

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Nina Koivumäki

Personal information
Born	(1985-07-23) 23 July 1985 (age 38) Pori, Finland
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Finland
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–57 kg
Club	Tampereen Judo
Coached by	Tapio Mantymaki
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	R16 (2008)
World Champ.	5th (2007)
European Champ.	5th (2006)
Medal record European U23 Championships 2006 Moscow –57 kg European Junior Championships 2002 Rotterdam –57 kg 2004 Sofia –57 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	6342
JudoInside.com	13691
Updated on 9 February 2022.

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Koivumaki qualified for the women's half-lightweight class (57 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fifth from the 2007 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She reached only into the second preliminary round, where she lost by two yukos to China's Xu Yan.^[2] Because her opponent advanced further into the semi-finals, Koivumaki offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Algeria's Lila Latrous, with a koka and a golden score, in the first repechage bout. She finished in ninth place, after losing out the second repechage bout to Japan's Aiko Sato, who successfully scored an ippon and a yoko shiho gatame (seven mat holds), in three minutes.^[3]