Peetu Piiroinen

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Peetu Piiroinen
Personal information
Born (1988-02-15) 15 February 1988 (age 35)
Hyvinkää, Finland
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight148 lb (67 kg)
Sport
Country Finland
Sport Snowboarding
Event(s) Slopestyle, Halfpipe
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2010 (2nd), 2014, 2018
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Vancouver Halfpipe
Winter X Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Aspen Slopestyle

Peetu Piiroinen (born 15 February 1988) is a Finnish snowboarder. He is a three-time Olympian representing Finland in snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics. Peetu made the finals in all 3 Olympics and won the silver medal at the 2010 Games.

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Personal life

Living in Hyvinkää, Finland, with his home mountain being Sveitsin Hiihtokeskus, Peetu has been travelling the world competing since 1997.

He consistently competes in the TTR World Tour . He finished 2nd in the Winter Olympics halfpipe event in 2010. He has so far now won three TTR World Tours in a row. He is the first one to do this.

He is the older brother of fellow snowboarder Petja Piiroinen. [1]

Career

He won the 2008/2009 Swatch TTR World Snowboard Championship and received much favourable press in his native country of Finland. In 2009/10, Peetu Piiroinen became the first snowboarder ever to win two consecutive Swatch TTR World Champion titles. He also secured it a week before the last 6Star event, the Burton US Open. Piiroinen took the lead in the TTR World Ranking List with a win in the slopestyle at the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge in Oslo, Norway, on March 8, 2010. Along with the title, the 22-year-old Finn earned himself another TTR prize money worth $50,000 USD and automatic invites to all major TTR events for the 2010/2011 season. In the 2010 season, Peetu balanced his TTR commitments with events outside the TTR tour winning an Olympic silver medal and the title at the Toyota Big Air in Japan.

In the 2007/2008 Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, Piiroinen finished ranked World No.3. He finished 2nd in the Winter Olympics halfpipe event in 2010. Piiroinen has a sponsorship deal with Nike 6.0. His other sponsors include Burton, Red, Anon, Battery and 015 Boards and Lifestyle.

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References

  1. Rask, Anne (2 April 2011). "Snowboarder Petja Piiroinen's future dreams include Olympic victory and a career as a painter-decorator". Helsingin Sanomat . Retrieved 31 March 2014.