Olivia Yli-Juuti (born 24 May 2001) is a Finnish aesthetic group gymnast. She is a five-time (2015 - 2019) Finnish National champion in

Aesthetic group gymnastics Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (AGG) is a discipline of gymnastics developed from Finnish "Women's Gymnastics" (naisvoimistelu). The discipline is reminiscent of Rhythmic Gymnastics, but there are some significant differences: in AGG, the emphasis is ...

competing with Team Minetit. She is the 2021 European silver and the 2019 World bronze medalist in

aesthetic group gymnastics Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (AGG) is a discipline of gymnastics developed from Finnish "Women's Gymnastics" (naisvoimistelu). The discipline is reminiscent of Rhythmic Gymnastics, but there are some significant differences: in AGG, the emphasis is ...

Career

She started competing in

in club Tapanilan Erä with team Alexa. They won gold medals at the 2013 and 2014 Finnish National Championship in category 12-14 years. In 2015, she joined junior team Elite in cooperation of club Tapanilan Erä and Sport Club

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. She attended her fist Challenge Cup, where they finished 4th in Junior category, only 0,45 points away from podium. They won bronze medal at Finnish National Championship in junior category the same year. Later, they competed at the 2015 Junior World Championships in

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. Team ended on 7th place in Preliminaries and did not advance into the finals due to 2 teams per country rule. In 2016, they competed at three Challenge Cup events: in

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and

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. They won bronze medal again at Finnish National Championship in junior category and qualified to the 2016 Junior World Championships in

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. The team fall apart in autumn that year, that is why she joined senior team Gloria from club Pakilan Voimistelijat. She made her World Cup debut at the 2017 World Cup II in

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. They took 9th place in Qualifications with score of 16.850.

Personal life

Olivia is now living in

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and coaching Minetit Pre-junior team from Tampeeren Sisu.

References

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* 2001 births Living people Finnish gymnasts Gymnasts from Helsinki {{Finland-sport-bio-stub