Finland at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Finland competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 18 March 2018.

Finland at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Flag of Finland
IPC code	FIN
NPC	Finnish Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympia.fi/en
in Pyeongchang, South Korea 9-18 March 2018
Competitors	13 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Matti Suur-Hamari
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
Winter Paralympics appearances
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Medalists

Finnish Paralympic Committee has announced a medal target of 3 medals[1], which Finland managed to win.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Matti Suur-Hamari Snowboarding Men's snowboard cross SB-LL2 12 March  Bronze Ilkka Tuomisto Cross-country skiing Men's 1.5 km sprint classical, standing 14 March  Bronze Matti Suur-Hamari Snowboarding Men's banked slalom SB-LL2 16 March

Medals by sport Sport Total Cross-country skiing 0 0 1 1 Snowboarding 1 0 1 2 Total 1 0 2 3

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Santeri Kiiveri	Super combined, standing	1:28.92	6	48.86	5	2:17.78	6
	Downhill, standing	N/A				1:30.64	13
	Giant slalom, standing	1:08.64	8	1:07.62	7	2:16.26	6
	Slalom, standing	49.61	6	50.14	4	1:39.75	4
	Super-G, standing	N/A				1:30.03	11

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Real Time	Calculation Time	Misses	Result	Rank
Juha Härkönen	7.5 km, standing	22:53.3	22:12.1	1 (0+1)	22:12.1	13
	12.5 km, standing	45:04.1	43:43.0	0 (0+0+0+0)	43:43.0	10
	15 km, standing	53:01.0	51:25.6	4 (1+1+0+2)	55:25.6	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Real Time	Calculation Time	Misses	Result	Rank
Sini Pyy	6 km, sitting	Did not finish
	12.5 km, sitting	1:03:24.1	59:35.9	7 (2+1+2+2)	1:06:35.9	14

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Real Time	Time	Rank
Inkki Inola Guide: Vili Sormunen	10 km classical, visually impaired	26:38.2	26:38.2	8
	20 km free, visually impaired	54:10.5	54:10.5	10
Rudolf Klemetti Guide: Jaakko Kallunki	10 km classical, visually impaired	29:05.4	29:05.4	14
	20 km free, visually impaired	58:05.6	58:05.6	12
Ilkka Tuomisto	10 km classical, standing	27:10.0	24:43.3	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Real Time	Time	Rank
Sini Pyy	5 km, sitting	20:54.7	19:39.4	14

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Deficit	Rank
Sini Pyy Inkki Inola Guide: Vili Sormunen Sini Pyy Ilkka Tuomisto	4 x 2.5 km mixed relay	28:11.0	+3:39.1	10

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Semifinal		Final
		Real Time	Calculated Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Inkki Inola Guide: Vili Sormunen	Sprint, visually impaired	3:52.10	3:52.10	7 Q	4:17.6	4	DNA
Rudolf Klemetti Guide: Jaakko Kallunki		4:28.36	4:28.36	17	Did not advance
Ilkka Tuomisto	Sprint, standing	4:03.91	3:41.96	7 Q	4:53.8	3 Q	4:20.8

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Semifinal		Final
		Real Time	Calculated Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sini Pyy	Sprint, sitting	4:10.54	3:55.51	13	Did not advance

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Banked slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Matti Suur-Hamari	Men's banked slalom SB-LL2	51.05	51.64	49.51	49.51
Matti Sairanen	Men's banked slalom SB-UL	DNF	DNF	1:02.45	1:02.45	20

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Matti Suur-Hamari	Men's snowboard cross SB-LL2	58.35	1:01.28	58.35	2 Q	Osharov (UKR) W	Murphy (NZL) W	Strong (USA) W	Gabel (USA) W
Matti Sairanen	Men's snowboard cross SB-UL	1:07.89	1:11.81	1:07.89	17	Did not advance				17

Wheelchair curling

Main article: Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage												Tiebreaker	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Markku Karjalainen Yrjö Jääskeläinen Sari Karjalainen Riitta Särösalo Vesa Leppänen	Mixed	SVK L 6–7	NPA L 5–12	GBR L 2–9	CHN L 4–6	USA W 8–5	KOR L 3–11	SUI L 7–10	SWE W 6–5	NOR L 4–6	CAN L 4–8	GER L 4–8	11	Did not advance

Final round robin standings[2]

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Pos	Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot %
1	South Korea	Seo Soon-seok	9	2	65	51	38	36	9	11	66%
2	Canada	Mark Ideson	9	2	74	45	47	28	6	27	62%
3	China	Wang Haitao	9	2	85	42	43	32	2	16	67%
4	Norway	Rune Lorentsen	7	4	55	57	41	35	5	15	58%
5	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	Konstantin Kurokhtin	5	6	61	63	44	37	2	23	62%
6	Switzerland	Felix Wagner	5	6	56	63	36	45	2	11	61%
7	Great Britain	Aileen Neilson	5	6	57	53	41	33	6	20	62%
8	Germany	Christiane Putzich	5	6	57	68	37	39	5	16	54%
9	Slovakia	Radoslav Ďuriš	4	7	62	72	39	46	1	11	57%
10	Sweden	Viljo Petersson Dahl	4	7	47	66	29	45	8	8	57%
11	Finland	Sari Karjalainen	2	9	53	87	35	46	1	11	51%
12	United States	Kirk Black	2	9	58	63	37	45	3	12	60%

Round-robin

Finland has a bye in draws 1, 3, 8, 11, 13 and 15.

Draw 2 Saturday, 10 March, 19:35 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Slovakia (Ďuriš) 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 7  Finland (S. Karjalainen) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 6 Draw 4 Sunday, 11 March, 14:35 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Neutral Paralympic Athletes (Kurokhtin) 3 0 0 0 1 3 5 X 12  Finland (S. Karjalainen) 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 X 5 Draw 5 Sunday, 11 March, 19:35 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Great Britain (Neilson) 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 X 9  Finland (S. Karjalainen) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 2 Draw 6 Monday, 12 March, 9:35 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Finland (S. Karjalainen) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 4  China (Wang) 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 6 Draw 7 Monday, 12 March, 14:35 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Finland (S. Karjalainen) 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 2 8  United States (Black) 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 Draw 9 Tuesday, 13 March, 9:35 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Finland (S. Karjalainen) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 3  South Korea (Seo) 4 0 0 0 4 0 3 X 11

Draw 10 Tuesday, 13 March, 14:35 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Finland (S. Karjalainen) 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 7  Switzerland (Wagner) 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 10 Draw 12 Wednesday, 14 March, 9:35 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Finland (S. Karjalainen) 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 6  Sweden (Petersson Dahl) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 Draw 14 Wednesday, 14 March, 19:35 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Norway (Lorentsen) 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 6  Finland (S. Karjalainen) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 4 Draw 16 Thursday, 15 March, 14:35 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Canada (Ideson) 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 8  Finland (Karjalainen) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Draw 17 Thursday, 15 March, 19:35 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Finland (S. Karjalainen) 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4  Germany (Putzich) 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 X 8

See also

• Finland at the 2018 Winter Olympics

References

1. "Kisajoukkue PyeongChang 2018 talviparalympialaisiin nimetty" (in Finnish). Finnish Paralympic Committee. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
2. "Wheelchair Curling – Mixed – Competition Summary" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.