{{Short description|Finnish sailor (born 1990)}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Tuula Tenkanen | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Tuula Tenkanen | nickname = | nationality = {{FIN}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|8|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Espoo]], Finland | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.67|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|62|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | website = | country = | classes = [[Sailboard]] | club = Esbo Segelförening<ref name=beijing2008/> | coach = Minna Aalto<ref name=beijing2008/> | medaltemplates= | show-medals = yes }}
'''Tuula Tenkanen''' (born 11 August 1990 in [[Espoo]]) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] sailor, who specialized in one-person dinghy ([[Laser Radial]]) class.<ref name=beijing2008>{{cite web|title=NBC Olympics Athlete Profile: Tuula Tenkanen|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=62366/bio/index.html|work=[[Beijing 2008]]|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|accessdate=5 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Tuula Tenkanen|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/tuula-tenkanen-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180203/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/tuula-tenkanen-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 22 September 2014}}</ref> She represented her nation [[Finland]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], and at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sailing TENKANEN Tuula|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1317201-tenkanen-tuula.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-07-27|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]]|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727210836/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1317201-tenkanen-tuula.htm}}</ref>
== Career == She trained at Espoo Sailing Club ({{langx|fi|Esbo Segelförening}}) throughout most of her sporting career under her longtime coach and mentor Minna Aalto.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fin dag för Tuula Tenkanen|trans-title=Nice day for Tuula Tenkanen|language=Swedish|url=http://hbl.fi/sport/2014-06-11/618276/fin-dag-tuula-tenkanen|publisher=[[Hufvudstadsbladet]]|date=11 June 2014|accessdate=22 September 2014}}</ref> As of September 2014, Tenkanen was ranked sixth in the world for the one-person dinghy class by the [[International Sailing Federation]], following her successes at the European and ISAF World Championships.<ref>{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Gary|title=World's best to gather in Hyères for final sailing World Cup event of season|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/sailing/1019517-world-s-best-to-gather-in-hyeres-for-final-sailing-world-cup-event-of-season|publisher=Inside the Games|date=16 April 2014|accessdate=22 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="tuula-rio">{{cite news|last=Airio|first=Iina|title=Tuula Tenkanen purjehti Suomelle toisen maapaikan|trans-title=Tuula Tenkanen grabs the second spot for Finland|language=Finnish|url=http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/a1410928440113|publisher=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]|date=17 September 2014|accessdate=22 September 2014}}</ref>
Tenkanen qualified for the Finnish squad in the newly introduced [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial|Laser Radial]] class at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]] by placing twelfth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in [[Auckland, New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Tuula Tenkanen Pekingiin – Sari Multala jäi rannalle|trans-title=Tuula Tenkanen goes to Beijing – Sari Multala stays on the coast|language=Finnish|url=http://www.iltasanomat.fi/urheilu/art-1288335266637.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140922070102/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/urheilu/art-1288335266637.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 22, 2014|publisher=[[Ilta-Sanomat]]|date=21 July 2008|accessdate=22 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tuula Tenkanen purjehtii Pekingissä|trans-title=Tuula Tenkanen flies to Beijing|language=Finnish|url=http://www.uusisuomi.fi/urheilu/30178-tuula-tenkanen-purjehtii-pekingissa|publisher=[[Uusi Suomi]]|date=20 July 2008|accessdate=22 September 2014}}</ref> She posted a net score of 128 points to achieve a creditable twenty-second position in a fleet of twenty-eight sailors, edging out Belarus' [[Tatiana Drozdovskaya]] by a mere, thirteen-point gap on the tenth leg.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Laser Radial|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc=SAW103000/standings.html|work=[[Beijing 2008]]|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|access-date=5 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728182004/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSAW103000/standings.html|archive-date=28 July 2012|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tenkanen olympiadebyytiksi kirjattiin 22. ja Colluran 29. sija|trans-title=Olympians Tenkanen finished 22nd, while Collura placed 29th|language=Finnish|url=http://yle.fi/vintti/yle.fi/pekingin_olympialaiset_2008/purjehdus/tenkasen_olympiadebyytiksi_kirjattiin_22_ja_colluran_29_sija_117679.html|publisher=[[Yle TV1]]|date=18 August 2008|accessdate=22 September 2014}}</ref>
Tenkanen sought to compete for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]], but lost the slot to her sailing rival [[Sari Multala]], who later finished seventh in the same class. Two years later, at the [[2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships]] in [[Santander, Spain]], Tenkanen delivered her best career record with a fourth-place finish in the Laser Radial class to secure a spot on the Finnish sailing team for her second Olympic bid in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref name=tuula-rio/><ref>{{cite news|title=Tuula Tenkanen varmisti Suomelle purjehduksen toisen maapaikan|trans-title=Tuula Tenkanen secured the second place in the lap of sailing to Finland|language=Finnish|url=http://www.sport.fi/uutiset/uutinen/tuula-tenkanen-varmisti-suomelle-purjehduksen-toisen-maapaikan|publisher=Sport.fi|date=19 September 2014|accessdate=20 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094914/http://www.sport.fi/uutiset/uutinen/tuula-tenkanen-varmisti-suomelle-purjehduksen-toisen-maapaikan|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
She competed at the [[2018 Sailing World Championships|2018 ISAF Sailing World Championships]], and qualified for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-22|title=Tokio 2020: Suomen joukkueen olympiapaikat, karsintojen aikataulut ja kisoihin valitut urheilijat|url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/mita-on-tapahtunut-suomi-saamassa-massiivisen-yleisurheilujoukkueen-tokioon-katso-eri-lajien-kisapaikkojen-tilanne/8094618|access-date=2021-04-11|website=mtvuutiset.fi|language=fi}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=FINTT1|www=tuula-tenkanen}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com profile}} * {{Olympiakomitea.fi|tuula-tenkanen}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080906220111/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/208858.shtml Beijing 2008 Athlete Bio] at [[Wayback Machine]]
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