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EMILIA VIHANTOLA
Birthday: 1985
Where are you from: Kuopio, Finland
Sport: CrossFit, Weightlifting & American Football
When did you start: 2012
Instagram: @emppuvihantola
(Photo by Veera Pitkänen)
How & why did you start:
I had been interested in functional training for a longer time. I trained a lot with a kettlebell and at the gym. My husband told me about the opening of CrossFit Kuopio and quickly it was clear that I also want to compete in CrossFit. In autumn 2012, I competed in the first Karjalan Kovin.
Your coolest sport memory:
Sport has given me so many good memories. Of course succeeding in competitions feels great: I was third in Winter War 2017 and I have won the finnish national championship in weightlifting. Last year, I qualified in my first sanctional competition in the Lowland Throwdown in the Netherlands. Also, a weightlifting competition in Germany was a great experience because I got to lift beside amazing weightlifters. Yet, one of the best memories is from Karjalan Kovin 2019, when I got to compete next to Anna.
Your biggest goal:
Now I want to get as good at American Football as I am capable of. At the moment, I don’t want to compete in CrossFit or weightlifting anymore at least as a RX.
Motto:
When I start something, I give it my all, and I want to get good at it.
- I’m dad’s girl. If I have a problem I call my dad.
- I can milk a cow.
- I can drive a tractor and cultivate a field.
- As a child my dream profession was to become a Finnish teacher.
- I learned to read on third grade.
- When I do the qualification workouts, I must wear two different socks.
- Before my lift in the weightlifting competitions, I must look each judge in the eyes.
- I'm from a small town called Pajunkoski.
- I am very bad at doing household chores and my husband does the most of them.
- My position in American football is Running Back.
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