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Born | 29 January 2000 24) Pieksämäki, Finland | (age
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Country | Finland |
Sport | Equestrian |
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Olympic finals | 2024 Olympic Games |
Veera Manninen (born 29 January 2000) is a Finnish eventing rider. [1] She competed at the 2018, 2019 and 2019 European Youth Championships. In 2024, she is set to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in eventing as individual. [2]
Anneli Tuulikki Jäätteenmäki is a Finnish politician who was the first female and 39th prime minister of Finland from 17 April 2003 to 24 June 2003. From 2004 until 2019, she served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland.
The Finland men's national basketball team represents Finland in international basketball competition. The national team is governed by Basketball Finland.
Finland competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 89 competitors, 84 men and 5 women, took part in 64 events in 13 sports.
Hannu Kalevi Manninen is a Finnish nordic combined athlete. Debuting at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer at the age of 15, he took his first medal three years later at the age of 18 when he won silver in the 4 × 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km team event at the age of 23. He has five other Nordic skiing World Championships medals, earning three golds and two bronzes. He has two other Olympic team medals as well.
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi is a Finnish former cross-country skier.
The Iraq leak is a series of events that began on 6 March 2003 from a statement given by Anneli Jäätteenmäki, leader of the Finnish Centre Party, in a televised election debate prior to the 2003 parliamentary election. Jäätteenmäki accused Paavo Lipponen, the then Prime Minister of Finland, of attaching Finland to George W. Bush's 'coalition of the willing' that was in preparation for the 2003 war in Iraq. Lipponen had visited Washington on 9 December 2002.
Pirjo Muranen is a retired Finnish cross-country skier. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Muranen won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds, a silver, and a bronze. She married on 30 June 2007; previously known by her maiden name of Pirjo Manninen.
Riitta-Liisa Roponen is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed since 1998.
Uolevi Manninen was a Finnish Olympic basketball player and businessman.
Juulia Turkkila is a Finnish figure skater. Competing in ice dancing with Matthias Versluis, she is the 2023 European bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix of Espoo bronze medalist, 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy gold medalist, and a five-time Finnish national champion.
Johanna Katriina Manninen is a Finnish former athlete specializing in sprinting events. She won two gold medals at the 2007 Summer Universiade, in addition to several medals in younger age categories.
Sakari Manninen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward for Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL).
Henri Manninen is a Finnish long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.
Emmi Peltonen is a Finnish-American figure skater. She is the 2017 FBMA Trophy champion, the 2020 Nordic silver medalist, and a three-time Finnish national champion. She has finished within the top ten at three European Championships, and represented Finland at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where she finished twentieth.
Veera Kivirinta is a Finnish swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.
Kyrsyä – Tuftland is a Finnish horror film, directed, produced and written by Roope Olenius that was released in 2017. The film stars Veera W. Vilo, Miikka J. Anttila, Saara Elina and Ria Kataja. It is based on a play Kyrsyä by Neea Viitamäki.
Veera Marita Ruoho is a Finnish politician and an Olympic Taekwondo practitioner.
Tissiflashmob was a demonstration organised by Sandra Marins and Säde Vallarén, which was held for the first time in June 2019 at the Hietaniemi beach in Helsinki, Finland. The organisers held the demonstration in criticism for a previous event where a woman had been removed from a beach for sunbathing topless.
Free Skate is a 2022 Finnish drama-thriller film directed by Roope Olenius. The feature film tells the story of a promising figure skater who flees from Russia to Finland to escape her inhumane circumstances.
Sanna Siltakorpi is a Finnish eventing rider. She competed at the 2019 and 2021 European Championships, representing Finland as individual. In 2024, she is set to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in eventing as individual.