Eija Krogerus

Eija Krogerus (1932 to 2018) was a Finnish ten-pin bowler, born in Helsinki, who represented the Finnish national team without a break for 21 years, from 1962 until 1983, and retired from it after the European Cup individual event of 1983 at the age of 51. She came to the sport while studying accounting in the United States and worked as an accountant at a pharmaceutical company alongside her bowling. Her record includes two team World Championship titles, five European team championships, seven individual Finnish championships, one Helsinki championship and two individual World Championship silver medals. Finnish bowling knew her as the Grand Old Lady of the women's game, and she was inducted into the International Bowling Hall of Fame in 2002.