# Hanna-Maria Seppälä

Hanna-Maria Hintsa (née Seppälä born 13 December 1984) is a retired Finnish freestyle swimmer, who won the world title in the 100 m freestyle at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
Hintsa started swimming at age five and made the Finnish national junior team by age 10. In 1999 she won the bronze medal in the European Junior Championships in the 50 m freestyle event. To date she has broken 100 Finnish national records. Hintsa's manager was the now-defunct SportElite company.

## Achievements

| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Time |
| 1999 | European Junior Championships | Moscow, Russia | third in 50 m freestyle fourth in 100 m freestyle | 26.48 57.69 |
| 2000 | World SC Championships | Athens, Greece | eighth in 100 m individual medley | 1:03.84 |
| 2000 | European LC Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 14th in 50 m freestyle 12th in 100 m freestyle | 26.24 56.72 |
| 2000 | European Junior Championships | Dunkerque, France | first in 50 m freestyle first in 100 m freestyle | 26.07 56.69 |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 28th in 50 m freestyle 18th in 100 m freestyle | 26.21 56.68 |
| 2000 | European SC Championships | Valencia, Spain | fifth in 100 m individual medley | 1:02.63 |
| 2001 | World LC Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 29th in 50 m freestyle 17th in 100 m freestyle | 26.23 56.39 |
| 2001 | European SC Championships | Antwerp, Belgium | fifth in 50 m freestyle eighth in 100 m individual medley | 25.04 1:02.88 |
| 2002 | European LC Championships | Berlin, Germany | 14th in 50 m freestyle 11th in 100 m freestyle | 26.03 55.84 |
| 2002 | European SC Championships | Riesa, Germany | sixth in 50 m freestyle eighth in 100 m individual medley | 25.25 1:03.13 |
| 2003 | World LC Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 10th in 50 m freestyle first in 100 m freestyle | 25.39 54.37 |
| 2003 | European SC Championships | Dublin, Ireland | fifth in 50 m freestyle third in 100 m freestyle | 24.79 53.46 |
| 2004 | World SC Championships | Indianapolis, United States | 16th in 50 m freestyle fifth in 100 m freestyle fourth in 100 m individual medley 19th in 100 m backstroke | 25.42 54.39 1:01.23 1:03.13 |
| 2004 | European LC Championships | Madrid, Spain | 12th in 50 m freestyle seventh in 100 m freestyle 17th in 100 m backstroke 11th in 4 × 100 m freestyle 13th in 4 × 100 m medley | 25.88 55.36 1:04.82 3:57.40 4:23.00 |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 24th in 50 m freestyle 12th in 100 m freestyle | 26.01 55.59 |
| 2004 | European SC Championships | Wien, Austria | 10th in 50 m freestyle eighth in 100 m freestyle sixth in 100 m individual medley seventh in 4×50 m medley | 25.34 55.07 1:02.23 1:52.85 |
| 2005 | World LC Championships | Montreal, Canada | 14th in 50 m freestyle ninth in 100 m freestyle | 25.70 55.32 |
| 2005 | European SC Championships | Trieste, Italy | fifth in 50 m freestyle second in 100 m freestyle first in 100 m individual medley | 24.65 53.36 1:00.71 |
| 2006 | World SC Championships | Shanghai, China | sixth in 50 m freestyle fourth in 100 m freestyle second in 100 m individual medley 20th in 50 m breaststroke | 24.87 53.78 1:00.74 32.67 |
| 2006 | European LC Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 15th in 50 m freestyle fifth in 100 m freestyle 26th in 50 m butterfly 31st in 100 m butterfly 12th in 4 × 100 m medley | 25.66 55.05 27.74 1:02.26 4:20.79 |
| 2006 | European SC Championships | Helsinki, Finland | third in 50 m freestyle fourth in 100 m freestyle first in 100 m individual medley seventh in 4×50 m medley | 24.57 53.29 1:00.45 1:50.99 |