Emilia Pikkarainen
Personal information | |
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Birth name | Emilia Pikkarainen |
National team | Finland |
Born | Vantaa, Finland | 11 October 1992
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Butterfly |
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Medal record |
Emilia Pikkarainen (born 11 October 1992) is a Finnish swimmer. She holds the Finnish record in 50 metres butterfly (26.90), 100 metres butterfly (59.02), 200 metres butterfly (2:10.89), and 200 metres individual medley (2:14.23).[citation needed]
Born in Vantaa,[1] Pikkarainen took part in the 2008 Olympics, aged 15, she competed in the 100 m butterfly and swam 1:02.31, ranking 46th.[2][3] In the 2012 Olympics she competed in the 100 and 200 metres butterfly and the 200 metres individual medley.[1][3] In the 2016 Olympics she competed as part of the Finnish team in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay.[4]
She had been in a relationship with Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas since 2010.[5] The couple married in September 2016 at St. John's Church, Helsinki.[6] On 28 November 2019, Valtteri Bottas announced their separation and divorce, citing "challenges my career and life situation bring".[7][8]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Emilia Pikkarainen". BBC Sport – Olympics 2012.
- ^ "Pikkarainen ui eränsä viimeiseksi". MTV3. 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 23 August 2008.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Emilia Pikkarainen results". Sports Reference – Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Emilia Pikkarainen". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ Benson, Andrew (16 March 2014). "Valtteri Bottas of Williams aims to be next Flying Finn". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Emilia Pikkarainen ja Valtteri Bottas julkaisivat romantiikkaa tihkuvia hääkuvia – Emilia vaihtoi sukunimensä" [Emilia Pikkarainen and Valtteri Bottas published romance-exuding wedding photos – Emilia changed her last name]. MTV3 (in Finnish). 11 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Valtteri Bottas on Instagram: "Unfortunately I have to share you the news that the marriage between Emilia and myself has come to an end. Our ways have split because of…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
- ^ "Emilia Bottas on historiaa – ex-uimari otti avioeron jälkeen tyttönimensä takaisin – Emilia changes name back to Pikkarainen". MTV-Uutiset. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- 1992 births
- Female butterfly swimmers
- Finnish female swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Finland
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Vantaa
- Racing drivers' wives and girlfriends