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In 2010 she was inducted into the Iowa State Cyclones Hall of Fame.

In 2009, she and her husband bought an estate with an equestrian training stable in 2009. She now spends much of her time training race horses.

Akraka worked previously as a host of betting company ATG's channel, Channel 75, where she interviewed Horse racing jockeys. She also worked for TV4 covering horse racing. In 2006, she started working for SVT, hosting extreme sports game show Megadrom and also covered various sports competitions such as the Olympics and DN Galan.

She competed in four European Championships, three World Championships, and the 1992 Olympic Games in both the 1,500 m and 800 m races.

Maria Helene Henriksson Akraka (born July 7, 1966) is a retired Swedish entrepreneur, television host and former athlete.

She was born in London to a Swedish mother and a Nigerian father. The family moved to Sweden but her parents separated and her father moved back to Nigeria. She was raised by her mother in Rågsved outside Stockholm. Her father Smart Akraka is a former track and field athlete who competed in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. She has a twin brother, Michael.