| Ritva Elomaa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Office: | Member of Finnish Parliament for Finland Proper | ||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | 20 April 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Ritva Sainio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 16 July 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Lokalahti, Southwest Finland, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality: | Finnish | ||||||||||||||||||
| Party: | Finns Party | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse: | Married | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence: | Masku, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||
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Ritva Tuulikki "Kike" Elomaa[1] (née Sainio; born 16 July 1955, in Lokalahti) is a Finnish professional female bodybuilding champion, pop singer, and member of the Finnish Parliament.
Elomaa was born in Lokalahti, Finland in 1955. She matriculated from Mynämäki gymnasium in 1975 and graduated from Helsinki Nursing School as radiographer in 1980.[2]
In 1981, Elomaa defeated Rachel McLish at the IFBB Ms. Olympia. Following her wildly successful contest campaign in 1981, she competed only three more times, placing third at the 1982 IFBB Ms. Olympia and second at the 1983 IFBB Pro Worlds.
Elomaa ended her career on stage after a fifth-place finish at the 1983 IFBB Ms. Olympia.
Currently Elomaa is the most successful Finnish bodybuilder of all time. She was the only non-American to win the Ms. Olympia title until 2000. She was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 2001. She has also been awarded the IFBB's President's Gold Medal for her work in supporting the sport of bodybuilding. A fitness contest, the Elomaa Fitness Championship, is held annually in Finland.[3] [4]
On 17 April 2011, Elomaa was elected into Finnish parliament for the 2011–2015 term, representing the electoral district of Finland Proper as a member of the Finns Party.[6]
On 13 June 2017, Elomaa and 19 others left the Finns Party parliamentary group to found the New Alternative parliamentary group.[7] However, on 22 June, she left the group and re-joined the Finns Party.[8]
| colspan = 3 align = center | Ms. Olympia|-| width = 30% align = center | Preceded by:
Rachel McLish| width = 40% align = center | First (1981)| width = 30% align = center | Succeeded by:
Rachel McLish