Finland at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Finland at the Paralympic Games
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At the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi
Competitors	13 in 4 sports
Medals Rank: 16	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 1
Paralympic history (summary)
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Finland competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, held between 7–16 March 2014.

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	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

Position	Curler
Skip	Markku Karjalainen
Third	Sari Karjalainen
Second	Vesa Hellman
Lead	Tuomo Aarnikka
Alternate	Mina Mojtahedi

Round Robin

Final round robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Russia	Andrei Smirnov	8	1	60	38
Canada	Jim Armstrong	7	2	66	42
China	Wang Haitao	5	4	54	45
Great Britain	Aileen Neilson	5	4	53	56
Slovakia	Radoslav Ďuriš	4	5	47	68
United States	Patrick McDonald	4	5	56	42
Sweden	Jalle Jungnell	4	5	59	49
South Korea	Kim Myung-jin	3	6	41	74
Norway	Rune Lorentsen	3	6	45	62
Finland	Markku Karjalainen	2	7	61	58

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)	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6

Draw 2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	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)	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)	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)	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)	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	6

Draw 7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	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)	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	7

Draw 9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	2	5	1	1	3	0	X	X	12
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

See also

• Finland at the Paralympics
• Finland at the 2014 Winter Olympics