Mari Piuva [SEP] country of citizenship
Mari Piuva
Mari Piuva (born 21 October 1980 in Kemi) is an archer from Finland.
Piuva represented Finland in the 2002 European Archery Championship where she placed 40th. Two years later in the European Championship she improved her result and placed 8th.
Piuva represented Finland at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 49th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 615. In the first round of elimination, she faced 16th-ranked Natalia Nasaridze of Turkey. Piuva upset Nasaridze, winning 136-
"He did this to test a technicality in United States citizenship laws.", according to writer Mary Hilaire Tavenner Brás believed that a person holding United States citizenship and who subsequently renounces his citizenship would be deported to his country of origin. As Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States, Brás theorized the U.S. Department of State would have to deport him or any Puerto Rican who renounced his or her U.S. citizenship to Puerto Rico. The U.S. State Department approved Mari Brás' renunciation of his American citizenship on November 22