Lia Kallio

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Lia Kallio
Born (2007-07-17) 17 July 2007 (age 18)
Helsinki, Finland [1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
(2022-present)
ClubOlarin Voimistelijat [1]
Head coach(es)Iryna Klymenko
Assistant coach(es)Larisa Gryadunova
Former coach(es)Marianna Tarhala, Svetlana Evchina [2]

Lia Kallio (born 17 July 2007) is a Finnish rhythmic gymnast who represents Finland internationally. [1] She is the 2025 Finish national all-around champion.

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Career

Kallio took up rhythmic gymnastics in 2011. [1] She represented the gymnastics club Elise until 2017, when she started training in Olarin Voimistelijat with Larisa Gryadunova. [2] In 2019 she won silver with ribbon and bronze in ball and team competition at the Marina Lobach Cup in Belarus.

Junior

In 2020, she started the season at Miss Valentine tournament in Tartu, winning bronze in rope and clubs finals. She was 4th in all-around. [3] The same year, she won gold with rope and clubs at Finnish Championships in junior category. She took 6th place in all-around.

In 2022, she won bronze medal with clubs at Miss Valentine tournament. In March she competed at the International tournament Sofia Cup ending 8th in all-around, and taking bronze medal in ball final. [4] [5] In May she won gold in the all-around, hoop, ball and ribbon and silver in clubs final at the Nordic Championships in Uppsala. [6] Later, she became Finnish junior all-around champion. [7] She also won gold in clubs and silver in hoop, ball and ribbon finals. [8] At the Portimão International Tournament she was 7th in ball and 8th in clubs final. [9]

Senior

She became a senior in 2023, winning silver medal in ribbon final at Miss Valentine. In May, she won silver in all-around behind Emmi Piiroinen at Finnish National Championships, and also won silver with clubs and bronze with ball and ribbon. Kallio was then selected to compete at the World Championships in Valencia, Spain, as a part of senior group. She and her teammates took 17th place in group all-around. [10]

In early March 2024, she won silver in ribbon final at Miss Valentine in Tartu. [11] [12] [13] A week later she won bronze in all-around, silver with clubs and gold with ribbon at the Nordic Championships. [14] She made her World Cup debut in Palaio Faliro, ending on 37th place in all-around. At the World Cup in Tashkent she was 17th in all-around. [15] At nationals she won silver in the all-around and the finals with clubs and ribbon, taking gold with ball and bronze with hoop. [16] [17] In June, she competed at Milan World Cup, finishing on 26th place in all-around.

In 2025, she competed at Sofia World Cup and took 22nd place in all-around. In the end of April, she took part in Baku World Cup and placed 26th in all-around. In May, she won gold medal in all-around at National championships. She won another gold in ribbon, silver in ball and bronze in hoop and clubs finals. [18] On May 09–11, she competed at Portimao World Challenge Cup, finishing 17th in all-around. She qualified to her first apparatus final with ribbon, ending on 6th place. In June, Lia represented Finland together with Emmi Piiroinen at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. She qualified to all-around final, finishing on 23rd place. They took 10th place in team competition together with senior group. [19] On 17-19 July she took 18th place in the all-around at the 2025 Summer Universiade in Essen. [20] Week later, she competed at the Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup, where she took 21st place in the all-around. In August, she was selected to represent Finland alongside Emmi Piiroinen at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She took 39th place in all-around qualifications. [21]

Routine music information

YearApparatusMusic title
2025HoopIo ci sarò by Andrea Bocelli and Lang Lang
BallDawn of Faith by Eternal Eclipse
Clubs Womanizer by Britney Spears
Ribbon Another One Bites The Dust by Queen
2024HoopDo Something Crazy by Outasight
Ball Nah Neh Nah by Vaya Con Dios
Clubs
Ribbon

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "KALLIO Lia - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  2. 1 2 "LIA KALLIO - Olarin Voimistelijat". www.olarinvoimistelijat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  3. ↑ "MISS VALENTINE GRAND PRIX TARTU 2020". rgform.eu. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  4. ↑ "2022 IT Sofia Junior All-Around" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "2022 IT Sofia Junior Event Finals" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Suomalaisten menestys jatkui rytmisen voimistelun Pohjoismaiden mestaruuskisojen toisenakin päivänä". Suomen Voimisteluliitto (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  7. ↑ "Molemmat rytmisen voimistelun Suomen mestaruudet jälleen ovoon". www.olarinvoimistelijat.fi/ (in Finnish). 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  8. ↑ "Rytmisen voimistelun neliottelun Suomen mestari Jamil hallitsi myös välinefinaaleissa". Suomen Voimisteluliitto (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  9. ↑ "2022 Portimão International Tournament" (PDF).
  10. ↑ "2023 World Championships" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "Ovolaisväriä nähdään perinteisessä Miss Valentine -kilpailussa – Olarin Voimistelijat". www.olarinvoimistelijat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  12. ↑ "2024 Miss Valentine All-Around" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "2024 Miss Valentine Event Finals" (PDF).
  14. ↑ "Kolmoisvoitto Suomeen rytmisen voimistelun Pohjoismaiden mestaruuskisojen 4-ottelussa". Suomen Voimisteluliitto (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  15. ↑ "2024 Tashkent World Cup" (PDF).
  16. ↑ "Maajoukkueelle sekä Emmi Piiroiselle ja Elisabeth Jamilille kultaa rytmisen voimistelun SM-kisoissa". Suomen Voimisteluliitto (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  17. ↑ "Emmi Piiroinen on rytmisen voimistelun neliottelun uusi Suomen mestari". Suomen Voimisteluliitto (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  18. ↑ "Lajien yhteiset SM-kilpailut". Kisanet (in Finnish). 4 May 2025.
  19. ↑ "ECh Tallinn 2025 Full Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics.
  20. ↑ "FISU World University Games 2025 Results Book" (PDF). rhineruhr2025.com. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  21. ↑ "Emmi Piiroiselle sija 33 ja Lia Kalliolle sija 39 rytmisen voimistelun MM-kilpailuissa". voimistelu.fi (in Finnish). 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
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