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Piiroinen
Piiroinen is a Finnish surname In Finland, a person must have a surname and at least one given name with up to four given names permitted. Surnames are inherited either patrilineally or matrilineally, while given names are usually chosen by a person's parents. Finnish names com .... Notable people with the surname include: * Petja Piiroinen (born 1991), Finnish snowboarder * Peetu Piiroinen (born 1988), Finnish snowboarder Similar names * Piironen * Piirainen {{surname Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peetu Piiroinen
Peetu (born 15 February 1988) is a PE instructor at NHVPS and a part time Finnish snowboarder, who is notable for having a fox as a pet fondly known by people as Peetu’s fox. 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. 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. Career He won the 2008/2009 Swatch Swatch is a Swiss watch company founded in 1983 by Ernst Thomke, Elmar Mock, and Jacques Müller. It is a subsidiary of The Swatch G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petja Piiroinen
Petja Piiroinen (born 15 August 1991) is a snowboarder from Finland. He won the gold medal at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships in the big air event. He is the younger brother of fellow snowboarder Peetu Piiroinen Peetu (born 15 February 1988) is a PE instructor at NHVPS and a part time Finnish snowboarder, who is notable for having a fox as a pet fondly known by people as Peetu’s fox. He is a three-time Olympian representing Finland in snowboarding at .... References External links * 1991 births Living people Finnish male snowboarders 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-snowboarding-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piironen
Piironen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with it include: * Jukka Piironen (1925–1976), pole vaulter *Paavo Piironen (1943–1974), film and television actor and director Similar names *Piiroinen Piiroinen is a Finnish surname In Finland, a person must have a surname and at least one given name with up to four given names permitted. Surnames are inherited either patrilineally or matrilineally, while given names are usually chosen by a pers ... * Piirainen See also * 3759 Piironen, a minor planet {{surname Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piirainen
Piirainen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Elisabeth Piirainen (1943–2017), German linguist * Holly Piirainen (1983–1993), American murder victim * Jaakko Piirainen (1871–1917), Finnish master carpenter and politician * Raimo Piirainen (born 1952), Finnish politician Similar names *Piironen *Piiroinen Piiroinen is a Finnish surname In Finland, a person must have a surname and at least one given name with up to four given names permitted. Surnames are inherited either patrilineally or matrilineally, while given names are usually chosen by a pers ... {{surname Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Surname
In Finland, a person must have a surname and at least one given name with up to four given names permitted. Surnames are inherited either patrilineally or matrilineally, while given names are usually chosen by a person's parents. Finnish names come from a variety of dissimilar traditions that were consolidated only in the early 20th century. The first national act on names came into force in 1921, and it made surnames mandatory. Between 1930 and 1985, the Western Finnish tradition whereby a married woman took her husband's surname was mandatory. Previously in Eastern Finland, this was not necessarily the case. On 1 January 2019, the reformed Act on Forenames and Surnames came into force. Finnish given names are often of Christian origin (e.g., ''Jukka'' from Greek Johannes), but Finnish and Swedish origins are also common. Pronunciation In Finnish, the letter "j" denotes the approximant , as in English ''you''. For example, the two different names ''Maria'' and ''Marja'' are pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
