Lena Teunissen

{{short description|Dutch canoeist}}

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| name = Lena Teunissen

| image = 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships - Lena Teunissen - Netherlands - by 2eight - 9SC6071.jpg

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| caption = Teunissen in 2022

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|08|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Netherlands

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| sport = Canoe slalom

| event = C1, K1, kayak cross

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{{MedalSport|Women's canoe slalom}}

{{MedalCountry|{{NED}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|European U23 Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Hohenlimburg|K1 team}}

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Lena Teunissen (born 17 August 1997) is a Dutch slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2012.{{cite web |title=Lena TEUNISSEN (NED) |url=https://www.canoeslalom.net/doku.php/en_sportler/spo_13569t |access-date=21 September 2024}}

She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics where she finished 16th in the C1 event and 19th in kayak cross.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/lena-teunissen_1966881|title=TEUNISSEN Lena|accessdate=20 September 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/news/teunissen-enjoying-switch-kayak-canoe-paris-2024|title=Teunissen enjoying switch from kayak to canoe for Paris 2024|publisher=International Canoe Federation|date=24 July 2024|accessdate=20 September 2024}}

Teunissen is from Leerdam and moved to Eindhoven after high school.{{cite news|url=https://www.hetkontakt.nl/vijfheerenlanden/sport/394627/leerdamse-lena-teunissen-26-als-kanoster-naar-de-olympische-s|title=Leerdamse Lena Teunissen (26) als kanoster naar de Olympische Spelen: ‘Wil het beste uit mezelf halen’|work=Het Kontakt|date=17 July 2024|access-date=20 September 2024|language=nl}}