Emilia Pikkarainen

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Emilia Pikkarainen
Personal information
Birth nameEmilia Pikkarainen
National teamFinland
Born (1992-10-11) 11 October 1992 (age 28)
Vantaa, Finland
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
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[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Emilia Pikkarainen". BBC Sport – Olympics 2012.
  2. ^ "Pikkarainen ui eränsä viimeiseksi". MTV3. 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 23 August 2008.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Emilia Pikkarainen results". Sports Reference – Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Emilia Pikkarainen". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  5. ^ Benson, Andrew (16 March 2014). "Valtteri Bottas of Williams aims to be next Flying Finn". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
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