Finland at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Finland at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
IPC code	FIN
NPC	Finnish Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympia.fi/en
in Sochi
Competitors	13 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
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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	—					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

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

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

See also

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