Carita Jussila
Carita Ann-Marie Jussila (20 August 1947 - 18 March 2011) was Finnish, a language teacher and three time World Champion in archery.
Archery[]
She competed in the women's individual event at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games and finished fourteenth with a score of 2298 points.[1]
Jussila won the World Field Archery Championships and European title in the freestyle women's individual event in 1980, 1982 and 1986. A bronze medal was won in 1988.[2]
Life[]
Jussila graduated from the University of Helsinki with a Master's degree in Philosophy. She taught Russian and English at the Hyvinkää School of Business until her retirement. Jussila never married or had children.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Carita Jussila". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ ""Field has changed a lot in 30 years"". worldarchery.org. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Carita Jussila in memoriam". www.sjal.fi. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1947 births
- 2011 deaths
- Finnish female archers
- Olympic archers of Finland
- Archers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- World Archery Championships medalists
- Finnish women academics
- University of Helsinki alumni
- Finnish sportspeople stubs
- European archery biography stubs