Hanna-Maria Hintsa (née Seppälä^[1] 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.

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Hanna-Maria Seppälä

Seppälä at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven
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Full name	Hanna-Maria Seppälä
Nickname	Hanski
Nationality	Finland
Born	(1984-12-13) 13 December 1984 (age 39) Kerava, Finland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, individual medley
Club	Cetus
Medal record World Championships (LC) 2003 Barcelona 100 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 2008 Eindhoven 100 m freestyle 2016 London 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 2006 Shanghai 100 m ind. medley 2008 Manchester 100 m ind. medley 2008 Manchester 100 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2005 Trieste 100 m ind. medley 2006 Helsinki 100 m ind. medley 2007 Debrecen 100 m ind. medley 2008 Rijeka 100 m ind. medley 2005 Trieste 100 m freestyle 2012 Chartres 4x50 m freestyle 2010 Eindhoven 4x50 m freestyle 2009 Istanbul 100 m ind. medley 2006 Helsinki 50 m freestyle 2003 Dublin 100 m freestyle 2012 Chartres 4×50 m mixed freestyle

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Hintsa started swimming at age five and made the Finnish national junior team by age 10.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}