Lotta Harala and Matias Myttynen started dating in 2013.
Matias Myttynen and Lotta Harala were together for years. Tomi Natri / All Over Press
A fencer Lotta Harala and ex-hockey player Matias Myttynen have divorced. The ex-couple told about it on Instagram.
– We have decided to end our long relationship. We are still united by shared life, warmth, respect and gratitude towards each other. We ask for peace, space and privacy in the midst of this change, they wrote in joint publication.
Harala, 33, and Myttynen, 35, started dating in 2013. Myttynen was also part of Harala’s coaching team last season.
Harala opened On the Timeout podcast difficult times in the relationship in the winter of 2024. The breakup has been close before, the pika aturi revealed at the time.
– Matias wondered if he still wants the same things as before and if he wants children at all. It (having a child) has always been an important dream for me, Harala said in the podcast.
– Of course, I realized that we might break up, but it wasn’t a scary thought for me. I didn’t want it to come to that, but it also didn’t feel like the world would come crashing down at that moment. Still, I would have been ready to do a lot so that we don’t part.
Harala holds the 100-meter hurdles Finnish record of 12.65. SE was born in the summer of 2024.
Myttynen from Tampere played 281 regular season matches in the SM league. In addition, he played in the Russian Hockey League KHL for a total of four seasons. Three men’s international matches were added to the statistics.