Team Finland

GYMNASTICS –ARTISTIC

Gymnastics was one of Finland’s best medal sports in the distant past: Finnish male gymnasts collected no less than 25

Olympic medals between 1908 and 1968. In Rio 2016 Finland returns to men’s Olympic gymnastics for the first time since

1972. In London 2012 Finland was represented by one female gymnast.

MEN

Oskar Kirmes

* 19 December 1995 Reykjavik (Iceland)

Present residence: Espoo

170 cm, 62 kg

Club: Espoon Telinetaiturit

Coach: Mati Kirmes

Oskar Kirmes has a multi-national background. His father and coach is Estonian and his mother is Swedish. Oskar

was born in Iceland where his father was working as a coach, but he was raised in Sweden. The family moved to

Finland in 2008, but Oskar still represented Sweden in international competitions until 2013. Oskar is a talented

all-around gymnast, but his favourite events are the floor and the horizontal bar. He finished 17th in the all-around

competition at the European Championships of 2015 in Montpellier. In the same year he took his first podium place

in a World Cup competition by finishing second in floor in Ljubljana.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

For Sweden:

2013 EurCh 39th all-around, 25th floor.

For Finland:

2013 WCh 32nd all-around, 27th floor.

2014 WCh 78th all-around, 32nd floor. EurCh 21st floor, 31st pommelled horse, 34th rings.

2015 WCh 61st all-around, 55th floor. EurCh 17th all-around, 9th floor. European Games 36th all-around, 27rd floor,

27th pommelled horse.

2016 EurCh 14th floor, 32nd pommelled horse, 36th rings, 38th parallel bars, 74th horizontal bar.

Mati Kirmes

Coach

Team Management