Emil Soravuo (born 28 March 1997) is a Finnish

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

and the 2021 bronze medalist in floor exercise. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's floor exercise event at the

2019 European Games , translation: Time for bright victories! , nations participating = 50 , athletes participating = 4,082 , events = 200 in 15 sports , opening ceremony = 21 June , closing ceremony = 30 June , officially opened ...

held in Minsk, Belarus. In 2014, he represented Finland at the

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...

held in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

, China without winning a medal. In March 2017 he completed his military service at the Armed Forces Military School, where he trained in gymnastics in the evenings. "I actually did really well in the army. I got to keep myself fit there." In 2019, he competed in the men's floor event at the

2019 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 8th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships took place from 10 to 14 April 2019 at the Netto Arena in Szczecin, Poland. No team competition was held. Schedule All times are in Eastern European Summer Time ( ...

without winning a medal. In 2021, he competed in the men's floor event at the

2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Kitakyushu, Japan from October 18–24, 2021. The competition took place at the Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium. It was the third time that Japan hosted the event, following the 1995 ...

and won the bronze medal.

References

Living people 1997 births Sportspeople from Espoo Finnish male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in gymnastics European Games gold medalists for Finland Gymnasts at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub