Snowboarder and 2005 Winter X Games gold medalist Antti Autti is a Rovaniemi native, and in April 2005 he received his own piece of land in the city for being named to the 2006 Finnish Olympic team.
Snowboarder og 2005 Winter X Games guldmedalje vinder Antti Autti stammer fra Rovaniemi, og i april 2005 fik han sit eget stykke jord i byen for at være blevet udtaget til det finske hold til OL.