Eero Ettala
{{Short description|Finnish snowboarder (born 1984)}}
Eero Anselm Ettala (born 17 October 1984) is a Finnish professional snowboarder. Since 2016, Ettala has also worked as a TV host in Finland.{{Cite web|title=Ota rahat ja juokse -sarjassa piilotetaan rahasalkku poliiseilta – minne juontaja Eero Ettala olisi kätkenyt 10 000 euroa?|url=http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2016/09/02/ota-rahat-ja-juokse-sarjassa-piilotetaan-rahasalkku-poliiseilta-minne-juontaja|access-date=2021-02-08|website=yle.fi|language=fi-FI}}
Career
In 2010 Ettala won the slopestyle gold medal in X Games XIV.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/action/xgames/winter/2010/snowboarding/news/story?page=winter-x-games-14-snowboard-slopestyle-results|title=Snowboard Slopestyle Men Results - Winter X 14 - ESPN}} In the Toyota Big Air competition he won 1st place in 2005 and 2009, 2nd place in 2004, 2006, and 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.toyota-bigair.jp/|accessdate=28 April 2016|title=Toyota Big Air}}
Ettala was one of the snowboarding stars featured in the 2014 film, Snowboarding: For me.{{cite web|title="Snowboarding: For Me" Brings it Back to What It's All About|url=http://www.complex.com/sports/2014/11/snowboarding-for-me-review|website=Complex Sports|accessdate=28 April 2016}} He is the focus of a 2016 documentary, Ender.{{cite web|title=Eero Ettala’s Full Part aus "Ender"|url=http://prime-snowboarding.de/eero-ettalas-full-part-aus-ender-pid8918/|website=Prime Snowboarding Magazine|accessdate=28 April 2016}}
As a TV host
In 2016 Ettala joined Finnish TV channel MTV as host for show Ota rahat ja juokse.{{Cite web|title=Ota rahat ja juokse -sarjassa piilotetaan rahasalkku poliiseilta – minne juontaja Eero Ettala olisi kätkenyt 10 000 euroa?|url=http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2016/09/02/ota-rahat-ja-juokse-sarjassa-piilotetaan-rahasalkku-poliiseilta-minne-juontaja|access-date=2021-04-21|website=yle.fi|language=fi-FI}} In 2018 he started to host Suomen surkein kuski for the same channel.{{Cite web|title=Eero Ettala on Suomen surkein kuski -ohjelman uusi juontaja|url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/video/prog836371|access-date=2021-04-21|website=mtvuutiset.fi|language=fi}}
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Category:Finnish male snowboarders
Category:21st-century Finnish sportsmen
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