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My Take
Eva Wahlström earns my admiration for her staying power as much as her punching. Fighting from 2010 to 2020, she held the WBC super-featherweight title for a full five years, a reign that demands relentless discipline most fighters can't sustain. Rising from Loviisa, a small Finnish town, to a world championship is its own quiet epic. I read her Scorpio tenacity in that refusal to relinquish a single weight class. Even in retirement she keeps a presence online, and to me that composed, unshakable poise both inside and outside the ring is what makes her genuinely worth celebrating.
Overview
Eva Ulrika Birgitta Räsänen (née Wahlström; born 30 October 1980) is a Finnish former professional boxer who competed from 2010 to 2020. She held the WBC female super-featherweight title from 2015 to 2020 and at regional level the European female super-featherweight title from 2012 to 2015.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Eva Wahlström
- Name (Japanese)
- エヴァ・ウォールストローム
- Reading
- えゔぁ・うぉーるすとろーむ
- Born
- October 30, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Monkey
- Origin
- Loviisa, Uusimaa, Finland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- boxer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.