Emilia Pikkarainen (born 11 October 1992) is a Finnish

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. She holds the Finnish record in 50 metres butterfly (26.90), 100 metres butterfly (59.02), 200 metres butterfly (2:10.89), and 200 metres individual medley (2:14.23). Born in Vantaa, Pikkarainen took part in the

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

, aged 15, she competed in the 100 m butterfly and swam 1:02.31, ranking 46th. In the

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

she competed in the 100 and 200 metres butterfly and the 200 metres individual medley. In the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

she competed as part of the Finnish team in the

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. She had been in a relationship with Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas since 2010. The couple married in September 2016 at

St. John's Church, Helsinki sv, Johanneskyrkan , native_name_lang = Johannes Kyrkan , image = Johanneksenkirkko 2 2020-04-22.jpg , coordinates = , location = Helsinki , country = Finland , denomination ...

. On 28 November 2019, Valtteri Bottas announced their separation and divorce, citing "challenges my career and life situation bring".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pikkarainen, Emilia 1992 births Finnish female butterfly swimmers Finnish female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Finland Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Living people Sportspeople from Vantaa