Finland at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Finland at the
2014 Winter Paralympics
IPC codeFIN
NPCFinnish Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympia.fi/en
in Sochi
Competitors13 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

Finland competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, held between 7–16 March 2014.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Ilkka Tuomisto Cross-country skiing Men's 20 km classic standing 10 March

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Matti Suur-Hamari Snowboard cross standing 57.37 8 DNF 1:02.19 14 1:59.56 11
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Katja Saarinen Slalom standing did not finish
Giant slalom standing 1:40.56 15 1:26.43 12 3:06.99 12

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Misses Real Time Calculated Time Rank
Juha Härkönen 7.5 kilometres standing 0+1 23:53.2 23:10.2 17
12.5 kilometres standing 3+1+3+0 40:20.4 39:07.8 18
15 kilometres standing 1+1+0+1 45:36.9 47:14.8 15
Women
Athlete Event Misses Real Time Calculated Time Rank
Maija Järvelä 6 kilometres standing 0+0 20:03.5 19:27.4 4
10 kilometres standing 1+0+1+0 34:22.3 33:20.4 8
12.5 kilometres standing 0+0+0+1 43:50.0 43:31.1 8

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Real Time Result Rank Result Rank Real Time Result Rank
Juha Härkönen 10km free, standing — 30:58.1 30:02.4 30
Lasse Kankkunen 1km sprint classic, standing 4:19.77 4:11.98 19 did not advance
10km free, standing — 29:02.1 28:09.8 27
Rudolf Klemetti
Guide:Timo Salminen 		1km sprint classic, visually impaired 4:54.36 4:48.47 15 did not advance
10km free, visually impaired — 30:52.9 30:15.8 16
20km, visually impaired — 1:10:32.5 +17:55.4 11
Ilkka Tuomisto 1km sprint classic, standing 3:54.01 3:46.99 10 Q 4:12.2 5 did not advance
10km free, standing — 25:42.0 24:55.7 7
20km, standing — 51:31.5 +36.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Real Time Result Rank Result Rank Real Time Result Rank
Maija Järvelä 1km sprint classic, standing 4:53.74 4:44.93 6 Q 4:47.4 3 Q 4:33.3 4:36.3 4
5km, standing — 15:11.1 14:43.8 8
Sini Pyy 1km sprint classic, sitting 3:48.85 3:35.12 22 did not advance
5km, sitting — 25:05.4 23:35.1 22

Relay

Athletes Event Final
Time Rank
Maija Järvelä
Juha Harkonen
Lasse Kankkunen
Rudolf Klemetti
Guide: Timo Salminen 		4 x 2.5km open relay 29:55.1 8

Wheelchair curling

Main article: Wheelchair curling at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Team
Position Curler
Skip Markku Karjalainen
Third Sari Karjalainen
Second Vesa Hellman
Lead Tuomo Aarnikka
Alternate Mina Mojtahedi
Round Robin
Final round robin standings
Team
 Skip Pld W L PF PA Qualification
 Russia Andrei Smirnov 9 8 1 60 38 Playoffs
 Canada Jim Armstrong 9 7 2 66 42
 China Wang Haitao 9 5 4 54 45
 Great Britain Aileen Neilson 9 5 4 53 56
 United States Patrick McDonald 9 4 5 56 52
 Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 9 4 5 47 68
 Sweden Jalle Jungnell 9 4 5 59 49
 Norway Rune Lorentsen 9 3 6 47 62
 South Korea Kim Myung-jin 9 3 6 41 74
 Finland Markku Karjalainen 9 2 7 61 58
Source: [2]
Draw 1
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 7
 Finland (Karjalainen) (has hammer) 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
Draw 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Karjalainen) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
 Russia (Smirnov) 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 X 7
Draw 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Karjalainen) 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 6
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 2 9
Draw 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Finland (Karjalainen) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 6
 Norway (Lorentsen) 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 8
Draw 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Great Britain (Neilson) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 4
 Finland (Karjalainen) (has hammer) 1 4 0 3 5 0 0 X 13
Draw 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (McDonald) 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 7
 Finland (Karjalainen) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 6
Draw 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 X 8
 Finland (Karjalainen) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 2
Draw 8
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Karjalainen) 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 7
Draw 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Karjalainen) (has hammer) 2 5 1 1 3 0 X X 12
 Canada (Armstrong) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athletes - Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games". Sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  2. ^ Round robin standings