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Finland at the
2017 World Games
Finland at the; 2017 World Games
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympiakomitea.fi/briefly-in-english/
in Wrocław, Poland; 20 July 2017 – 30 July 2017
Competitors	31 (22 men and 9 women) in 10 sports
Medals; Ranked 49th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
World Games appearances
	1981; 1985; 1989; 1993; 1997; 2001; 2005; 2009; 2013; 2017; 2022;

Finland competed at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland, 20–30 July 2017.

Medals

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Gia Winberg	Muaythai	60 kg Women	30 July
Bronze	Jutta Menestrina	Waterskiing	Women's Jump	27 July
Bronze	Sami Johansson Miko Kailiala Juha Kivilehto Mika Kohonen Peter Kotilainen Janne Lamminen Pyry Luukkonen Jussi Piha Eemeli Salin Nico Salo Krister Savonen Lauri Stenfors Santtu Strandberg Tatu Väänänen	Floorball	Men's tournament	30 July

Team

Competitors from Finland per sport
Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	2	1	3
Bowling	2	2	4
Finswimming	0	1	1
Floorball	14	—	14
Indoor rowing	0	1	1
Muaythai	0	1	1
Orienteering	2	2	4
Powerlifting	1	0	1
Squash	1	0	1
Waterskiing	0	1	1
Total	22	9	31

Archery

Finland won 3 national quota places at the 2016 World Field Archery Championships: 1 in Recurve Men, 1 in Barebow Men and 1 in Barebow Women.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Elimination 1	Elimination 2	Elimination 3	Elimination 4	Semifinal	Final / 3rd place	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pasi Ahjokivi	Men's barebow individual	330	7	Bye	Olivier Roy (FRA) 69–64 W	John Demmer III (USA) 81–75 L	did not advance
Juuso Huhtala	Men's recurve individual	346	10	Karoly Buzas (HUN) 75–86 L	did not advance
Anne Viljanen	Women's barebow individual	282	10	Eliette Lalouer (FRA) 44–61 L	did not advance

Legend: W = win, L = loss

Bowling

Finland received a quota of two men and two women during the European Men Championship 2016 and European Women Championship 2016.^[2]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / 3rd place	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eliisa Hiltunen	Singles Women	1256	19	did not advance
Sanna Pasanen	Singles Women	1254	20	did not advance
Osku Palermaa	Singles Men	1397	6 Q	Dan MacLelland (CAN) 2–0 L	did not advance
Juhani Tonteri	Singles Men	1366	16 Q	Thomas Larsen (DEN) 2–1 L	did not advance

Legend: L = loss, Q = qualified

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Pool stage		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / 3rd place	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eliisa Hiltunen Sanna Pasanen	Doubles Women	Agerbo/Brøndsted (DEN) 908–905 W	1 Q	de Faria/Marcano (VEN) 856–815 L	did not advance
		Kulick/McEwan (USA) 802–903 W
		Ishimoto/Takekawa (JPN) 830–840 W
Osku Palermaa Juhani Tonteri	Doubles Men	Ruiz/Fridegotto (VEN) 869–833 L	4	did not advance
		Spil/van de Wakker (NED) 876–943 L
		Mak/Wu (HKG) 838–865 L

Legend: Q = qualified, W = win, L = loss

Finswimming

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Terhi Ikonen	Surface 400 m Women	3:23.68	7

Floorball

Finland qualified a floorball team as the gold medalist of the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships.^[3]

Finland's floorball team roster^[4]
Pos.	Name	Age	2016–17 team
G	Pyry Luukkonen	29	Turun Palloseura
G	Santtu Strandberg	26	EräViikingit
D	Juha Kivilehto	35	FC Helsingborg
D	Janne Lamminen	31	Sc Classic
D	Nico Salo	23	Sc Classic
D	Krister Savonen	23	Sc Classic
D	Lauri Stenfors	26	Turun Palloseura
D	Tatu Väänänen	33	SV Wiler-Ersigen
F	Sami Johansson	23	Sc Classic
F	Miko Kailiala	24	EräViikingit
F	Mika Kohonen	40	FC Helsingborg
F	Peter Kotilainen	22	Happee
F	Jussi Piha	30	Sc Classic
F	Eemeli Salin	27	Sc Classic

Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defender, F = Forward

Team	Event	Group stage			5th place	Semifinals	Final / 3rd place	Rank
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Finland Men	Indoor Team Men	Czech Republic (CZE) 4–2 W	Poland (POL) 0–5 W	1	—	Switzerland (SUI) 2–5 L	Czech Republic (CZE) 2–0 W

Legend: W = win, L = loss

Indoor rowing

Finland received a quota spot for Women's Lightweight 2000 meter and Open 500 meter events based on the Concept2 world ranking.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kristina Björknäs	Open 500 m Women	1:49.6	11
Kristina Björknäs	Lightweight 2000 m Women	8:10.3	7

Muaythai

Gia Winberg received a wild card from the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur to the women's 60 kg event.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / Bronze	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gia Winberg	60 kg Women	Viktoriia Ivanets (UKR) 30–27 WP	Antje van der Molen (PER) 28–29 WP	Svetlana Vinnikova (RUS) 30–27 LP

Legend: WP = win on points, LP = loss on points

Orienteering

Finland placed among the best 13 nations in the 2016 World Orienteering Championships and received a national quota of 2 man and 2 woman runners.^[7]

Runner	Event	Time	Rank
Sari Anttonen	Women's sprint distance	15:18.6	12
Sari Anttonen	Women's middle distance	36:55	6
Elias Kuukka	Men's sprint distance	16:15.8	27
Elias Kuukka	Men's middle distance	39:44	24
Jesse Laukkarinen	Men's sprint distance	15:50.3	24
Jesse Laukkarinen	Men's middle distance	39:56	26
Marika Teini	Women's sprint distance	15:30.7	14
Marika Teini	Women's middle distance	37:13	7
Sari Anttonen Elias Kuukka Jesse Laukkarinen Marika Teini	Mixed sprint relay	1:05:33	8

Powerlifting

Antti Savolainen qualified as 3rd in the 66 kg class and Kenneth Sandvik received a reserve spot based on his Wilks Score in the 120+ kg class in the 2016 World Powerlifting Championships.^[8]

Lifter	Event	SQ	BP	DL	Total	Points	Rank
Antti Savolainen	Lightweight Men	270.0 kg	200.0 kg	285.0 kg	755.0 kg	595.24	6

Legend: SQ = squat, BP = bench press, DL = deadlift, Points = total kg multiplied by Wilks Coefficient

Squash

Player	Event	Last 32	Last 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / 3rd place	Rank
Player	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Matias Tuomi	Single Men	Ivan Yuen (MAS) 3–0 L	did not advance

Legend: L = loss

Waterskiing

International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation selected Jutta Menestrina for Women's Jump event based on her world rank.^[9]

Skier	Event	Preliminary		Final
Skier	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jutta Menestrina	Women's Jump	46.5 m	2 Q	47.7 m

Legend: Q = qualified

References

[1] ttp://documents.worldarchery.org/documents/?doc=3770 ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[2] "Field of 64 bowlers set for the World Games 2017". 10 May 2017.

[3] "International Floorball Federation (IFF) homepage".

[4] "Näillä mennään – tässä tulee Suomen World Games -joukkue".

[5] ttp://www.worldrowing.com/mm//Document/General/General/12/72/46/2017_WorldGames_IndoorRowing_Confirmed_Entries_18.05.2017_Neutral.pdf ^{[dead link‍]}

[6] "Gia Winberg kutsuttiin heinäkuussa pidettäviin the World Games kilpailuihin Puolaan".

[7] "13 best nations in WOC qualified for World Games 2017 : International Orienteering Federation". Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2017-05-31.

[8] ttp://www.jpa-powerlifting.or.jp/2015/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Men-27.01.FinalV1.pdf ^{[dead link‍]}

[9] "Water Skier Selections for the 2017 World Games".

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Finland at the 2017 World Games