Enni Rukajärvi

Enni Rukajärvi (born 13 May 1990)[1] is a Finnish snowboarder. She won the gold medal at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships in the slopestyle event.[2] Rukajärvi also won gold in Snowboard SlopeStyle at the 2011 Winter X Games XV in Aspen.[3] In the previous season, she had won the TTR World Snowboard Tour.

Enni Rukajärvi
Personal information
Born (1990-05-13) 13 May 1990
Kuusamo, Finland
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Websitehttp://www.ennitime.com
Sport
CountryFinland
SportSnowboarding

Enni won the silver medal representing Finland in slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, she won a bronze medal in slopestyle and also competed in big air. [4]

References

  1. Wilenius, Teemu (6 April 2009). "Tyttö, lauta ja syvä rakkaus". Kaleva (in Finnish). Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  2. http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=SB&competitorid=135636&raceid=9545 Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine – Results from FIS-Ski.com
  3. "Women's Snowboard Slope Style Results". EXPN.com. 30 January 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  4. http://www.pyramidmagazine.com/features/silver-surfer-enni-rukajarvi/ – Real Talk Interview
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Ville Peltonen
Flagbearer for  Finland
Sochi 2014
Succeeded by
Janne Ahonen
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