Finland at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

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

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

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 SilverIlkka TuomistoCross-country skiingMen's 20 km classic standing10 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 N/A 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 N/A 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 N/A 30:52.9 30:15.8 16
20km, visually impaired N/A 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 N/A 25:42.0 24:55.7 7
20km, standing N/A 51:31.5 +36.4

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 N/A 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 N/A 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
PositionCurler
SkipMarkku Karjalainen
ThirdSari Karjalainen
SecondVesa Hellman
LeadTuomo Aarnikka
AlternateMina Mojtahedi
Round Robin

Final round robin standings[2]

Key
Teams to playoffs
Country
 Skip W L PF PA
 Russia Andrei Smirnov 816038
 Canada Jim Armstrong 726642
 China Wang Haitao 545445
 Great Britain Aileen Neilson 545356
 United States Patrick McDonald 455642
 Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 454768
 Sweden Jalle Jungnell 455949
 Norway Rune Lorentsen 364562
 South Korea Kim Myung-jin 364174
 Finland Markku Karjalainen 276158

See also

References
  1. "Athletes - Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games". Sochi2014.com. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  2. Round robin standings
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