Leena Jokiniemi

Leena Jokiniemi, formerly Pulliainen, is a Finnish ten-pin bowler born on 28 August 1960 in Haapajärvi. She began bowling in the Helsinki club Missizippi and spent most of her career with Mercur. In January 1994 she became the first woman to win the Ballmaster tournament, and in 1995 she won three Nordic championships and, at the world championships in Reno, the team gold medal. At the 2001 European Championships in Aalborg she won silver in singles and in the team event and bronze in doubles. She was in the Finnish team that won the European Cup in 2000 and 2002, won Finnish league titles with Mercur up to 2008, and in senior competition won the Finnish title in 2012 and three European titles in 2015. She has bowled two perfect 300 games.