Mari Romundset Nilsen

Mari Romundset Nilsen

Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(2003-10-07) 7 October 2003 (age 21)[1]
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Taekwondo
Weight class	Welterweight
Medal record Women's taekwondo Representing  Norway World Championships 2023 Baku 67kg

Mari Romundset Nilsen (born 7 October 2003) is a Norwegian taekwondo practitioner. She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.

Career

From Aure, Norway, she is a member of Aure Kampsportklubb. She became senior Norwegian taekwondo champion in December 2021.[2]

She was runner-up to Britain's Chloe Roberts at the 2022 European Club Championships in Estonia.[3] She made her senior international debut at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester.[4] She was subsequently selected for the 67kg division at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara.[2]

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]

References

1. "Mari Romundset Nilsen". Taekwondodata. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
2. Betten, Henning (22 October 2022). "Mari is going to the WC". tk.no. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
3. "FANTASTISK TAEKWONDO-UKE FOR NORSKE UTØVERE". Kampsport.no. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
4. "Debut ga god læring". Sport, Taekwondo. alt.no. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
5. Fredheim, Geir Owe (6 February 2023). "Gold and silver for Summit 2024 athletes Richard Ordemann and Mari Romundset Nilsen in taekwondo". Teamnor.no. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
6. "Taekwondo: WC bronze to Mari Romundset Nilsen". Kommunikasjon. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
7. "Nilsen took bronze in the taekwondo WC". nrk.no. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
8. "Taekwondo: Romundset Nilsen to the semi-finals in the WC". vg.no. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
9. "Romundset Nilsen secured WC bronze". tv2.no. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
10. Davidsen, Andrine (23 June 2023). "Seven years ago he was her coach - now they are aiming for the Olympics together". Summit2024.no. Retrieved 9 April 2024.