Manuela Bosco

{{short description|Finnish actress and former hurdler|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Manuela Bosco

| fullname = Manuela Anna Maria Bosco

| image = Manuela Bosco profile 1.jpg

| image_size = 220

| caption = Bosco in 2013

| nationality = Finnish

| sport = Athletics

| event = Hurdling

| club = Mikkelin Kilpa

| collegeteam =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|6|11}}

| birth_place = Mikkeli Rural Municipality, Finland

| residence =

| retired=

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = {{height|m=1.72}}

| weight = {{convert|58|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| pb =

100 m hs: 13.29 (2000)

| country = Finland

| medaltemplates=

}}

Manuela Bosco (born 11 June 1982) is a Finnish actress and former hurdler.

Biography

Manuela Bosco, despite having dual citizenship (Italian and Finnish), chose to compete for Finland,{{cite web|url=http://qn.quotidiano.net/2000/09/25/1324488-Storia-di-Manuela-italiana-che-corre-per-la-Finlandia.shtml|title=Storia di Manuela, italiana che corre per la Finlandia|publisher=quotidiano.net|language=italian|accessdate=14 November 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131114063125/http://qn.quotidiano.net/2000/09/25/1324488-Storia-di-Manuela-italiana-che-corre-per-la-Finlandia.shtml|archive-date=14 November 2013|url-status=dead}} She is the niece of the Finnish cross-country skier Harri Kirvesniemi.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

In 2012, she debuted as an actress in the Finnish short movie Hankikanto, and in 2013, in the TV series Nymphs.{{cite web|url=http://www.movieplayer.it/serietv/nymphs_3527/|title=Nymphs – Serie TV 2013|publisher=movieplayer.it|language=italian|accessdate=14 November 2013}}

Bosco has two children with actor Kasimir Baltzar.{{cite web |url=https://www.menaiset.fi/artikkeli/ajankohtaista/ihmiset/manuela_bosco_sai_toisen_lapsen_nayttelijamiehensa_kanssa |title=Manuela Bosco sai toisen lapsen näyttelijämiehensä kanssa |last=Simola |first=Inka |date=17 January 2016 |access-date=20 September 2019 |language=Finnish}} She married musician Tuure Kilpeläinen in June 2018. They have a daughter born in February 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000005727359.html |title=Tuure Kilpeläinen ja Manuela Bosco menivät kaikessa hiljaisuudessa naimisiin – nyt pari kertoo HS:n haastattelussa, mikä kaikki heitä yhdistää |last=Mattila |first=Ilkka |date=21 June 2018 |access-date=20 September 2019 |language=Finnish}}

Achievements

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing Finland
rowspan=2\|1998 \|rowspan=2\|World Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Annecy, France \|5th \|100m hurdles \|13.83 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
4th (h)Did not finish in the final. \|4 × 100 m relay \|45.36
rowspan=2\|2000 \|World Junior Championships \|Santiago, Chile \|14th (sf) \|100m hurdles \|13.69 (wind: -0.9 m/s)
rowspan=1 \|Olympics \|rowspan=1 \|Sydney \|30th (h) \|100 metres hurdles \|13.51
2003 \|European U23 Championships \|Bydgoszcz, Poland \|9th (h) \|400m hurdles \|58.18

colspan="6"|Representing Finland

rowspan=2|1998

|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Annecy, France

|5th

|100m hurdles

|13.83 (wind: -1.0 m/s)

4th (h)Did not finish in the final.

|4 × 100 m relay

|45.36

rowspan=2|2000

|World Junior Championships