Emmi Piiroinen
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| Emmi Piiroinen | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | 8 August 2007 Espoo, Finland |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
| Country represented |  Finland (2020-present) |
| Club | Olarin Voimistelijat |
| Head coach(es) | Iryna Klymenko |
| Assistant coach(es) | Larisa Gryadunova |
Emmi Piiroinen (born 8 August 2007) is a Finnish rhythmic gymnast who represents Finland internationally.[1] She is a two-time (2023, 2024) Finnish National all-around champion and the 2025 all-around silver medalist.
Senior
Piiroinen took up rhythmic gymnastics at age three.[1] In 2019 she won silver with rope and clubs at the Marina Lobach Cup in Belarus. The following year she won gold in the All-Around and with ribbon as well as bronze with rope and clubs at the Finnish Championships.[2] In 2021 she retained her national title and also son all the gold medals in the four event finals.[3][4]
In 2022, she competed at the International Sofia Cup ending 11th overall, 5th with hoop and 7th with ribbon.[5][6] In May she won bronze in the All-Around and silver at the Nordic Championships in Uppsala.[7] At nationals she took 3rd place in the All-Around, getting bronze also with ribbon as well as silver with clubs and gold with hoop and with ball.[8] At the Portimão International Tournament she was 7th in the junior ribbon final.[9] In June she was selected for the European Championships in Tel Aviv, finishing 5th with hoop and ball, 6th with clubs and 8th in teams.[10][11]
She became a senior in 2023, becoming national champion with ball and with clubs. In April she took part in the World Cup in Tashkent, being 18th in the All-Around, 16th with hoop, 28th with ball, 22nd with clubs and 21st with ribbon.[12][13] At the European Championships in Baku she was 22nd in the All-Around, 16th with hoop, 24th with ball, 26th with clubs and 27th with ribbon.[14][15] In Cluj-Napoca she finished 30th overall, 14th with hoop, 30th with ball, 24th with clubs and 47th with ribbon.[16][17] Piiroinen was then selected for her maiden World Championships in Valencia, taking 30th place in the All-Around, 24th with hoop, 28th with ball, 25th with clubs and 67th with ribbon.[18]
In early March 2024, she was 10th in the All-Around, 8th with hoop and 4th with ball at Miss Valentine in Tartu.[19][20][21] A week later she won gold at the Nordic Championships.[22] At the Thiais Grand Prix she took 9th place overall and 6th in the clubs final.[23][24] At the World Cup in Tashkent she was 15th overall.[25] At nationals she won the All-Around and the finals with ball and ribbon, taking silver with hoop and bronze with clubs.[26][27] In May she participated in the European Championships in Budapest, ending 14th in teams and 25th in the All-Around.[28]
In 2025, she competed at Sofia World Cup and took 29th place in all-around. In the end of April, she took part in Baku World Cup and placed 20th in all-around. She nearly missed an apparatus final with ball (12th place). In May, she won silver medal in all-around behind Lia Kallio at National championships.[29] She won gold in hoop and ball and silver in clubs and ribbon finals. Later, she competed at International tournament Gdynia Rhythmic Stars in Poland, taking 4th place in all-around and bronze medal in ball final.[30] In June, Emmi represented Finland together with Lia Kallio at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. She placed 26th in all-around qualifications and did not qualify to all-around final. They took 10th place in team competition together with senior group.[31] In July, she competed at the Milan World Cup, where she took 19th place in the all-around.[32] In August, she was selected to represent Finland alongside Lia Kallio at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She took 33rd place in all-around qualifications.[33]