Finland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics

Finland at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Finland at the; 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Turin
Competitors	102 in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Janne Lahtela (opening) ; Markku Uusipaavalniemi (closing)
Medals; Ranked 19th	Gold 0 Silver 6 Bronze 3 Total 9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Finland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports.^[3]

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Janne Lahtela, a moguls freestyle skier and a defending Olympic champion, was the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies.

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"Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 22 February 2009.

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"Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2009.

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(in Finnish) Torino-Kisavisut - Joukkue lajeittain Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from Suomen Olympiakomitea (Finnish Olympic Committee), retrieved 26 January 2006.

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(in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Ampumahiihto Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.

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(in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Curling Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.

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(in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Taitoluistelu Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.

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.(in Finnish) Torino-Kisasivut - Freestylehiihto Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, from SOK, retrieved 26 January 2006.

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Tanja Poutiainen	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	24 February
Silver	Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Kalle Kiiskinen Teemu Salo Jani Sullanmaa	Curling	Men's	24 February
Silver	Mikko Ronkainen	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls	15 February
Silver	Finland men's national ice hockey team Aki Berg Lasse Kukkonen Toni Lydman Antti-Jussi Niemi Petteri Nummelin Teppo Numminen Sami Salo Kimmo Timonen Niklas Hagman Jukka Hentunen Olli Jokinen Jussi Jokinen Niko Kapanen Saku Koivu Mikko Koivu Antti Laaksonen Jere Lehtinen Ville Nieminen Ville Peltonen Jarkko Ruutu Teemu Selänne Niklas Bäckström Antero Niittymäki Fredrik Norrena	Ice hockey	Men's competition	26 February
Silver	Matti Hautamäki	Ski jumping	Normal hill	12 February
Silver	Janne Ahonen Janne Happonen Matti Hautamäki Tami Kiuru	Ski jumping	Men's team	20 February
Bronze	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen	Cross-country skiing	Women's team sprint	14 February
Bronze	Antti Kuisma Anssi Koivuranta Jaakko Tallus Hannu Manninen	Nordic combined	Team	16 February
Bronze	Markku Koski	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe	12 February

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Kalle Palander	Men's giant slalom	1:18.22	1:18.60	n/a	2:36.82	9
Kalle Palander	Men's slalom	53.38	disqualified
Tanja Poutiainen	Women's giant slalom	1:01.21	1:08.65	n/a	2:09.86
Tanja Poutiainen	Women's slalom	43.05	47.74	n/a	1:30.79	6
Henna Raita	Women's slalom	44.29	48.04	n/a	1:32.33	20
Jukka Rajala	Men's giant slalom	1:20.17	1:21.23	n/a	2:41.40	22
Jukka Rajala	Men's slalom	did not finish

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Paavo Puurunen	Men's sprint	28:57.3	2	46
	Men's pursuit	38:01.28	3	22
	Men's mass start	47:43.7	0	4
	Men's individual	56:38.9	1	12

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Sami Jauhojärvi	15 km classical	39:15.3	9
Sami Jauhojärvi	30 km pursuit	1:17:58.1	20
Teemu Kattilakoski	50 km freestyle	2:09:26.2	43
Ville Nousiainen	50 km freestyle	Did not finish
Olli Ohtonen	15 km classical	41:47.4	48
	30 kilometre pursuit	Did not start
	50 km freestyle	2:11:54.7	52
Lauri Pyykönen	15 km classical	42:10.4	55
Tero Similä	15 km classical	40:44.5	32
Tero Similä	30 km pursuit	1:20:04.5	34
Sami Jauhojärvi Tero Similä Olli Ohtonen Teemu Kattilakoski	4 x 10 km relay	40:44.5	10

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Elina Hietamäki	15 km pursuit	46:20.5	33
Virpi Kuitunen	10 km classical	28:51.4	9
Virpi Kuitunen	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Riitta-Liisa Lassila	10 km classical	30:28.4	35
	15 km pursuit	44:06.1	13
	30 km freestyle	1:26:55.4	23
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	10 km classical	28:29.6	7
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	30 km freestyle	1:25:41.8	17
Kirsi Välimaa	15 km pursuit	46:25.6	34
Kati Venäläinen	10 km classical	31:04.9	43
Kati Venäläinen	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Lassila Kati Venäläinen	4 x 5 km relay	55:55.8	7

Finland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics

Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Men's

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Ice hockey

Men's

Women's

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

Speed skating

Notes and references

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
Switzerland (Stöckli)	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
United States (Fenson)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6
New Zealand (Becker)	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	5
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	3	0	2	0	0	1	3	2	X	X	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	8
Canada (Gushue)	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	7
Norway (Trulsen)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	5

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1	Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	7	2
2	Canada	Brad Gushue	6	3
3	United States	Pete Fenson	6	3
4	Great Britain	David Murdoch	6	3
5	Norway	Pål Trulsen	5	4
6	Switzerland	Ralph Stockli	5	4
7	Italy	Joel Retornaz	4	5
8	Sweden	Peter Lindholm	3	6
9	Germany	Andy Kapp	3	6
10	New Zealand	Sean Becker	0	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Finland (Uusipavaalniemi)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	x	x	-	5
Canada (Gushue)	0	2	1	1	0	6	0	0	x	x	-	11

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kiira Korpi	Ladies'	n/a		44.84	20 Q	92.36	14	137.20	16
Susanna Pöykiö	Ladies'	n/a		53.74	12 Q	89.48	15	143.22	13

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
3	D	Petteri Nummelin	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	194 lb (88 kg)	(1972-11-25)November 25, 1972 (aged 33)	HC Lugano
4	D	Kimmo Timonen (A)	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	194 lb (88 kg)	(1975-03-18)March 18, 1975 (aged 30)	Nashville Predators
5	D	Lasse Kukkonen	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	187 lb (85 kg)	(1981-10-18)October 18, 1981 (aged 24)	Kärpät
6	D	Sami Salo	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	216 lb (98 kg)	(1974-03-22)March 22, 1974 (aged 31)	Vancouver Canucks
7	D	Aki Berg	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)	214 lb (97 kg)	(1977-07-28)July 28, 1977 (aged 28)	Toronto Maple Leafs
8	F	Teemu Selänne	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	201 lb (91 kg)	(1970-07-03)July 3, 1970 (aged 35)	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
10	F	Ville Nieminen	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	207 lb (94 kg)	(1977-04-06)April 6, 1977 (aged 28)	New York Rangers
11	F	Saku Koivu (C)	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	181 lb (82 kg)	(1974-11-23)November 23, 1974 (aged 31)	Montreal Canadiens
12	F	Olli Jokinen	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	209 lb (95 kg)	(1978-12-05)December 5, 1978 (aged 27)	Florida Panthers
14	F	Niklas Hagman	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	(1979-12-05)December 5, 1979 (aged 26)	Dallas Stars
16	F	Ville Peltonen	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	187 lb (85 kg)	(1973-03-24)March 24, 1973 (aged 32)	HC Lugano
21	F	Mikko Koivu	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	214 lb (97 kg)	(1983-03-12)March 12, 1983 (aged 22)	Minnesota Wild
24	F	Antti Laaksonen	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	181 lb (82 kg)	(1973-10-03)October 3, 1973 (aged 32)	Colorado Avalanche
25	F	Jukka Hentunen	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	198 lb (90 kg)	(1974-05-03)May 3, 1974 (aged 31)	HC Lugano
26	F	Jere Lehtinen	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	194 lb (88 kg)	(1973-06-24)June 24, 1973 (aged 32)	Dallas Stars
27	D	Teppo Numminen (A)	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	198 lb (90 kg)	(1968-07-03)July 3, 1968 (aged 37)	Buffalo Sabres
30	G	Fredrik Norrena	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1973-11-29)November 29, 1973 (aged 32)	Linköping HC
31	G	Antero Niittymäki	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1980-06-18)June 18, 1980 (aged 25)	Philadelphia Flyers
32	D	Toni Lydman	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	201 lb (91 kg)	(1975-09-25)September 25, 1975 (aged 30)	Buffalo Sabres
33	G	Niklas Bäckström	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	192 lb (87 kg)	(1978-02-13)February 13, 1978 (aged 28)	Kärpät
36	F	Jussi Jokinen	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	192 lb (87 kg)	(1983-04-01)April 1, 1983 (aged 22)	Dallas Stars
37	F	Jarkko Ruutu	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	203 lb (92 kg)	(1975-08-23)August 23, 1975 (aged 30)	Vancouver Canucks
39	F	Niko Kapanen	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	176 lb (80 kg)	(1978-04-29)April 29, 1978 (aged 27)	Dallas Stars
77	D	Antti-Jussi Niemi	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	187 lb (85 kg)	(1977-09-29)September 29, 1977 (aged 28)	Frölunda HC

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	5	5	0	0	19	2	+17	10	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	5	2	2	1	10	12	−2	6
3	Canada	5	3	0	2	15	9	+6	6
4	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	14	12	+2	4
5	Germany	5	0	2	3	7	16	−9	2
6	Italy (H)	5	0	2	3	9	23	−14	2

No.	Position	Name	S / C	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2004–05 team
10	F	Sari Fisk – C	L	163	65	12/17/71	Pori	Espoo Blues
30	G	Maija Hassinen	L	161	52	01/02/84	Hämeenlinna	Ilves
15	F	Satu Hoikkala	R	165	63	01/14/80	Vantaa	Kärpät
5	D	Satu Kiipeli	L	174	72	12/24/80	Raahe	IHK [fi]
24	D	Kati Kovalainen – A	L	165	64	01/24/75	Leppävirta	IHK [fi]
2	D	Hanna Kuoppala	L	179	77	09/12/75	Jakobstad	Espoo Blues
3	D	Emma Laaksonen – A	L	159	60	12/17/81	Washington, D.C.	Espoo Blues
9	D	Terhi Mertanen	L	164	64	04/04/81	Joensuu	Kärpät
27	F	Marja-Helena Pälvilä	L	176	70	03/04/70	Oulu	Kärpät
11	F	Oona Parviainen	L	170	63	09/05/77	Kuopio	Espoo Blues
25	F	Mari Pehkonen	L	170	63	02/06/85	Tampere	University of Minnesota Duluth
4	D	Heidi Pelttari	L	165	68	08/02/85	Tampere	Ilves
29	F	Karoliina Rantamäki	L	163	68	02/23/78	Vantaa	Espoo Blues
1	G	Noora Räty	L	163	56	05/29/89	Espoo	Espoo Blues
12	F	Mari Saarinen	L	172	63	07/30/81	Kangasala	Ilves
21	F	Eveliina Similä	L	164	68	04/10/78	Toijala	Ilves
20	D	Saija Sirviö	L	171	57	12/29/82	Oulu	Kärpät
18	F	Nora Tallus	R	158	67	02/09/81	Kerava	IHK [fi]
22	F	Saara Tuominen	L	169	64	01/01/86	Ylöjärvi	Ilves
8	F	Satu Tuominen	L	163	61	11/19/85	Vantaa	Espoo Blues

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	18	3	+15	6	Semifinals
2	Finland	3	2	1	10	7	+3	4	Semifinals
3	Germany	3	1	2	2	9	−7	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Switzerland	3	0	3	1	12	−11	0	5–8th place semifinals