Pauliina Aalto

Pauliina Aalto, born November 25, 1967, in Helsinki, is a Finnish former international ten-pin bowler whose father and brother also competed at bowling. She took up the sport in 1979 and won a gold medal for the doubles at a world contest in 1993; between 1993 and 1997 she collected numerous medals, 11 of them gold, and in 1995 she gave up her job to bowl full time. She became the women's Masters Level European Champion and went to America the following year to compete against professionals. With her partner she later ran a bowling shop in Lahti, where they organised a contest in 2008, and she has been honoured with a place in the Hall of Fame of the Finnish Bowling Association.