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Pongfinity is a Finnish sports and comedy group focused around table tennis composed of Emil Rantatulkkila, Otto Tennilä, and Miikka O'Connor. Their YouTube channel, which mainly displays trick shots related to the sport, is the 7th most-subscribed channel in Finland and the most-subscribed channel about table tennis. Both Otto and Miikka are semi-professional players, earning medals in Finnish, Swedish, and Estonian championships.
History
Before forming Pongfinity, Emil, Otto, and Miikka all competed in international table tennis competitions. All three
became friends when they were on the Finnish junior national team, but Emil did not end up chasing a professional career. Miikka and Emil had previously met when they played in the same club as juniors. However, Otto and Miikka did and represented Finland during the European and World Table Tennis Championships several times. They did not win any medals during these tournaments.
The group uploaded their first video on 16 December 2012, on a channel called EditingSports. Emil had been interested in editing videos and wanted to try it out, so he and Miikka filmed a training session where they had fun doing random trick shots to edit. After it was uploaded, it became apparent that the videos gained more attention from the trick shots than the editing, so they made the channel more focused on those. Otto first appeared in the following video. Pongfinity's first viral video was one where they extinguished a candle with a ball.
= Medal tables
=Data adapted from Table Tennis Media. Emil does not have data on this site.
