Vesa Leppänen
Vesa Leppänen (born November 3, 1951) is a Finnish wheelchair curler.[4][5]
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| Born | November 3, 1951[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Lappi Kurlinki Ry, Rovaniemi[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Wheelchair Championship appearances | 2 (2015, 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic appearances | 1 (2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He participated in the 2018 Winter Paralympics where Finnish team finished on eleventh place.
Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 2009–10 | Sari Räsänen | Tarja Hänninen | Vesa Leppänen | Markku Karjalainen | FWhCC 2010  | ||
| 2010–11 | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Vesa Leppänen | FWhCC 2011 | |||
| 2011–12 | Markku Karjalainen | Vesa Leppänen | Sari Karjalainen | FWhCC 2012  | |||
| 2012–13 | Vesa Leppänen | Sari Karjalainen | Markku Karjalainen | FWhCC 2013  | |||
| 2014–15 | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Mina Mojtahedi | Tuomo Aarnikka | Vesa Leppänen | Anne Malmi | WWhCC 2015 |
| 2016–17 | Markku Karjalainen | Yrjö Jääskeläinen | Sari Karjalainen | Vesa Leppänen | Riitta Särösalo | Vesa Kokko | WWhBCC 2016 WWhCC 2017 (10th) |
| 2017–18 | Markku Karjalainen | Yrjö Jääskeläinen | Vesa Leppänen | Sari Karjalainen | Riitta Särösalo | Vesa Kokko | WPG 2018 (11th) |
References
- Athlete Profile - Vesa LEPPANEN - Wheelchair Curling - World Para Nordic Skiing - Live results | International Paralympic Committee
- Lappi Kurlinki Ry | Curling.fi(in Finnish)
- Finnish championships - past seasons | Curling.fi (look at "Finnish Wheelchair Curling Championships")
- Vesa Leppänen on the World Curling Federation database
- Leppänen, Vesa | Curling.fi
External links
- Vesa Leppänen at International Paralympic Committee
- Vesa Leppänen at World Curling Federation
- Vesa Leppänen at CurlingZone
- Vesa Leppänen on the CurlingZone database
- Video: PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games - Wheelchair curling - Round Robin - Great Britain vs Finland on YouTube
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