Pekka Saarelainen
Curler
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Born (1967-03-17) 17 March 1967
Helsinki, Finland
Team
Curling clubHyvinkää CC
Curling career
Member Association Finland
World Championship
appearances		1 (2001)
European Championship
appearances		4 (1993, 1994, 2000, 2001)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2002)
Medal record
Curling
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Oberstdorf
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Vierumäki
Finnish Men's Championship[1]
Gold medal – first place 1993
Gold medal – first place 2001
Gold medal – first place 2002
Silver medal – second place 1999
Silver medal – second place 2004

Pekka Juhani Saarelainen (born 17 March 1967 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish male curler.[2]

He is a European curling champion (2000) and competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics where the Finnish men's curling team placed fifth.

He started curling in 1985 at the age of 18.

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1992–93 Jari LaukkanenPekka SaarelainenMarko LatvalaTommi ValvelainenFMCC 1993 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1993–94 Jari LaukkanenPetri TsutsunenPekka SaarelainenMarko LatvalaTommi ValvelainenECC 1993 (7th)
1994–95 Tomi RantamäkiJussi UusipaavalniemiJussi HeinonsaloMarkku HenttonenPekka SaarelaineAnders ThidholmECC 1994 (9th)
1998–99 Pekka Saarelainen ? ? ?FMCC 1999 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1999–00 Pekka Saarelainen ? ? ?FMCC 2000 (4th)
2000–01 Markku UusipaavalniemiWille MäkeläTommi HätiJari LaukkanenPekka SaarelainenECC 2000 1st place, gold medalist(s)
FMCC 2001 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 2001 (5th)
2001–02 Markku UusipaavalniemiWille MäkeläTommi HätiJari LaukkanenPekka SaarelainenKen Armstrong (ECC)ECC 2001 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
FMCC 2002 1st place, gold medalist(s)
OG 2002 (5th)
2003–04 Wille MäkeläPekka Saarelainen ? ?FMCC 2004 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2004–05 Wille MäkeläJari LaukkanenPekka SaarelainenTommi HätiRiku RaunioFMCC 2005 (5th)

References


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