Pekka Saarelainen (curler)
Pekka Juhani Saarelainen (born March 17, 1967 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish male curler.[2]
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Born | March 17, 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Hyvinkää CC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Championship appearances | 1 (2001) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Championship appearances | 4 (1993, 1994, 2000, 2001) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic appearances | 1 (2002) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He is a European curling champion (2000) and competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics where the Finnish men's curling team placed fifth.
He started curling in 1985 at the age of 18.
Teams
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate Coach | Events |
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1992–93 | Jari Laukkanen | Pekka Saarelainen | Marko Latvala | Tommi Valvelainen | FMCC 1993 ![]() | |
1993–94 | Jari Laukkanen | Petri Tsutsunen | Pekka Saarelainen | Marko Latvala | Tommi Valvelainen | ECC 1993 (7th) |
1994–95 | Tomi Rantamäki | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jussi Heinonsalo | Markku Henttonen | Pekka Saarelainen Anders Thidholm | ECC 1994 (9th) |
1998–99 | Pekka Saarelainen | ? | ? | ? | FMCC 1999 ![]() | |
1999–00 | Pekka Saarelainen | ? | ? | ? | FMCC 2000 (4th) | |
2000–01 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | Pekka Saarelainen | ECC 2000 ![]() FMCC 2001 ![]() WCC 2001 (5th) |
2001–02 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | Pekka Saarelainen Ken Armstrong (ECC) | ECC 2001 ![]() FMCC 2002 ![]() OG 2002 (5th) |
2003–04 | Wille Mäkelä | Pekka Saarelainen | ? | ? | FMCC 2004 ![]() | |
2004–05 | Wille Mäkelä | Jari Laukkanen | Pekka Saarelainen | Tommi Häti | Riku Raunio | FMCC 2005 (5th) |
References
External links
- Pekka Saarelainen on the World Curling Federation database
- Pekka Saarelainen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Pekka Saarelainen at the International Olympic Committee
- Pekka Saarelainen at the Olympic Channel
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