Katja Kankaanpää
Finnish martial artist
カティア・カンカーンパ
- Born
- 30 June 1981, Finland
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Sport
- karate, mixed martial arts
- Occupation
- mixed martial arts fighter, karateka
- Height
- 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
- Weight
- 52 kg (115 lb)
Katja Kankaanpää (Finnish: [ˈkɑtjɑ ˈkɑŋkɑːmpæː]; born June 30, 1981) is a Finnish former mixed martial artist who competed in the strawweight division. She is a former Invicta FC Strawweight Champion. Kankaanpää started martial arts training in her teens when she was 15 years old with Goju-ryu karate. Later, she had interest about combat sports by training submission wrestling and other disciplines. In addition to her career in MMA, she competed in submission wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournaments.
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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