"The Flying Finn" is a nickname given to several Finnish athletes who were noted for their speed. Originally, it was given to several Finnish middle and long-distance runners. The term was later extended to notable Finnish racing sportsmen.
Mika Juhani Salo is a Finnish former professional racing driver. He competed in Formula One between 1994 and 2002. His best ranking was 10th in the world championship in 1999, when he stood in for the injured Michael Schumacher at Ferrari for six races, scoring two podiums. He also won the GT2 class in the 2008 and 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Mika Väyrynen is a Finnish former footballer.
Mika Kristian Halvari is a Finnish shot putter who has quit active competition. When competing, he represented Kemin Kunto and Helsingin Kisa-Veikot, weighing in at 140 kg on his 190 cm frame.
Mika Juhani Strömberg is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques as their eleventh-round pick, #211 overall, in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.
Mika Kristian Myllylä was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2005. He won six medals at the Winter Olympics, earning one gold, one silver, and four bronzes.
"Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed in Finnish by Seija Simola.
Seppo Antero Simola was a Finnish shot putter, who represented Turun Riento, weighing in at 128 kg and standing 191 cm tall. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Mika Immonen is a Finnish professional pool player, nicknamed "The Iceman."
Mika Sakari Nieminen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ilves, Jokerit and HIFK. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.
Seija Simola was a Finnish singer. She began her career musical in the mid-1960s in the band Eero Seija & Kristian Trio, and her debut solo album was released in 1970: Seija Simola 1.
"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet", also known as "A Time for Us", is an instrumental arranged by Henry Mancini. It was a number-one pop hit in the United States during the year 1969. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on June 28, 1969, and remained there for two weeks; it was also his only Top Ten single on that chart.
Mika Kohonen is a Finnish floorball player. He currently plays for FC Helsingborg, a club in the Swedish Super League. He has also played for Balrog IK in SSL and Happee in Salibandyliiga. He has also been a part of Finland's national floorball team for many years.
Mika Ojala is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Finnish Veikkausliiga side Inter Turku and represents the Finland national football team. He began his senior club career playing for VG-62, before signing with Inter Turku at age 18 in 2006.
Mika Ahola was a Finnish enduro rider and a five-time world champion. He was also a seven-time winner of the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) World Trophy with Team Finland, and was the fastest overall in the competition in 1999, 2001 and 2002.
Finland Men's National Floorball Team is the national floorball team of Finland. The national team was founded in 1985 and they played their first official game against Sweden in 1985. Finland has won four World Championships and 1 European Championships (1995). Finland has appeared in every World and European Championships tournament organised by the IFF and is the only team with Sweden to have won such a tournament.
Jesse Kurki-Suonio, more commonly known as Jesse Krohn, is a Finnish professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver.
Stephan Cohen is a French pocket billiards player. In 2009, he won the Predator 14.1 Championship by defeating former world champion Mika Immonen of Finland.
Mika Hietanen is a Finnish former racing cyclist. He won the Finnish national road race title in 1997 and 1999.
Simola is a Finnish surname.
