Hanna-Marie Seppala is Thursday's choice as one of the Most Beautiful Women in Sports

Swimmer Hanna-Maria Seppala is this Thursday's choice as one of the most beautiful women in sports.


Hanna-Maria Seppala


Born December 13, 1984 in Kerava, Finland


Freestyle swimmer


Hanna-Maria made the Finnish national junior team by age 10 and in 1999 she won the bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in the 50 m freestyle.

In 2003 Seppala won the world title in the 100 m freestyle at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.


At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Hanna-Maria finished in fourth place in the finals of the 100 m freestyle with a time of 53.97.


Seppala competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia at age 15 where she swan in both the 50 m and 100 m freestyle for Finland.

According to Finnish records Hanna-Maria has broken over 100 national records in Finland and 9 Nordic records.


Seppala has won the European Championship four times and the World Championship once in 2003.  At World Championship events Hanna-Maria has won the gold once, silver twice and bronze once.


For more pictures of Hanna-Maria visit the Swimming page....