Toni Gardemeister, professional rally driver0
- Date of Birth: 31.03.1975
- Place of Residence: Valkeala
- Marrital status: Dating
- First rally: 1993
- First WRC-event: 1996 Jyväskylän Suurajot (WRC Finland)
- WRC-events in total: 113 (at the end of season 2010)
- Manufacturer rally driver for Seat, Mitsubishi, Skoda, Ford and Suzuki

Best Results
- 2010 3rd in Mad Croc Rally Estonia
- 2006 3rd in WRC Monte Carlo
- 2005 2nd in WRC Monte Carlo
- 2005 2nd in WRC Rally Greece
- 2005 2nd in WRC Rally Corsica
- 2005 3rd in WRC Rally Sweden
- 1999 3rd in WRC Rally New-Zealand
- 1997 Finnish Rally Champion
- Several top-6 positions in World Rally Championship series

I'm is a second generation rally driver. I was born into a family which loved motorsport and I was raised by motorsport vehicles surrounding his home back yard. However at this point the driver was not me - it was my father who has been hobbying rally since 1970.

I got his first karting car at the age of four in 1979. My father raised he to become a motorsport driver and teached me f.ex how to drive in sideways. At the age of seven in 1983 I got my first karting car which was highly tuned and very competitive. However circulating in same track was not the thing for me as I was more interested in driving a rally car on ice with my father.

Years went by and I seeked me limits f.ex by challenging my father on ice track. At the age of twelve in 1987 I was first time faster than my father. In puberty I tried f.ex two wheels driving and rally cross. However he retired rally cross shortly due the reason that I was always left behind in the starts and I could not drive as I wanted to do.

After I gained drivers licence in 1993 I found myself behind the steering wheel of Opel Ascona rally car. It was time to enter my first-ever rally event which I finished in a victorious way. First seasons went by hobbying without pressures of success. In third season I still kept winning - a dream of professional rally career got started. At the end of season 1995 Timo Jouhki who is the Godfather for Finnish Rally drivers contact me to step enter me into international rally arenas.

A co-operation with Jouhki started at season 1996 and is still continuing strong. By approximately 200 rally experience I'm a familiar sight in World Rally Championship series as a rally driver and in Finnish rallies as a spectator. Even I'm a very busy guy, I'm also an active rally spectator in Finnish national rallies for supporting young drivers to reach their dreams. Rallying is a way of life for me!