Peetu Piiroinen
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Peetu Piiroinen is a Finnish
snowboarder.
, Finland, with his home mountain being Sveitsin Hiihtokeskus, Peetu has been travelling the world competing since 1997.
He consistently competes on the TTR World Tour and is currently one of the best snowboarders in the world.
He finished 2nd in the Winter Olympics halfpipe event in 2010.He has so far now won three TRR World Tour's in a row. He is the first one do this.
TTR World Snowboard Championship
and received much favourable press in his native country of Finland. In 2009/10, Peetu Piiroinen has carved his name into the history book of snowboarding by becoming the first snowboarder ever to win two consecutive Swatch TTR World Champion titles. As if re-claiming the most prestigious award in snowboarding was not enough, he also secured it a week before the last 6Star event, the Burton US Open. Piiroinen took an unassailable lead in the TTR World Ranking List with a win in the slopestyle at the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge in Norway, Oslo on March 8th, 2010. Along with the title, the 22-year old Fin has 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 has managed to balance his TTR commitments as well as shine at events outside the TTR tour winning an Olympic silver medal and took 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.
Silver - Snowboard Half Pipe - 2010 Winter Olympics
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
snowboarder.
Personal life
Living in HyvinkääHyvinkää
Hyvinkää is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in Uusimaa region, approximately north of the capital Helsinki. The town was chartered in 1960. Hyvinkää belongs to the Province of Southern Finland. The population of Hyvinkää is ....
, Finland, with his home mountain being Sveitsin Hiihtokeskus, Peetu has been travelling the world competing since 1997.
He consistently competes on the TTR World Tour and is currently one of the best snowboarders in the world.
He finished 2nd in the Winter Olympics halfpipe event in 2010.He has so far now won three TRR World Tour's in a row. He is the first one do this.
Career
He won the 2008/2009 SwatchSwatch
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TTR World Snowboard Championship
Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour)
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and received much favourable press in his native country of Finland. In 2009/10, Peetu Piiroinen has carved his name into the history book of snowboarding by becoming the first snowboarder ever to win two consecutive Swatch TTR World Champion titles. As if re-claiming the most prestigious award in snowboarding was not enough, he also secured it a week before the last 6Star event, the Burton US Open. Piiroinen took an unassailable lead in the TTR World Ranking List with a win in the slopestyle at the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge in Norway, Oslo on March 8th, 2010. Along with the title, the 22-year old Fin has 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 has managed to balance his TTR commitments as well as shine at events outside the TTR tour winning an Olympic silver medal and took 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.
Competition Results
Swatch TTR 2009/2010 Season- 2nd - Slopestyle - 5Star O'Neill Evolution (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 2nd - Halfpipe - 6Star O'Neill Evolution (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 1st - Slopestyle - 6Star Burton European Open (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 1st - Halfpipe - 6Star Burton European Open (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 2nd - Big Air - 6Star Billabong Air & Style (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 1st - Slopestyle - 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 1st - TTR Ranking - 09/10 Men's TTR Tour Champion (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
Competition Results
Swatch TTR 2008/2009 Season- 2nd - Big Air - 6Star Nissan X-Trail Jam (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 5th - Slopestyle - 6Star O'Neill Evolution (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 1st - Quarterpipe - 6Star O'Neill Evolution (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 2nd - Slopestyle - 6Star Burton European Open (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 5th - Halfpipe - 6Star Burton European Open (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 2nd - Quarterpipe - 6Star Billabong Air & Style (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 2nd - Halfpipe - 6Star Burton US Open (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 5th - Slopestyle - 6Star Burton US Open (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 1st - TTR Ranking - 08/09 Men's TTR Tour Champion (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
- 1st - TTR Ranking - 09/10 Men's TTR Tour Champion (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
Silver - Snowboard Half Pipe - 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...