Joonas Olkkonen (born 19 February 1976 in Kärkölä) is a Finnish sport shooter.[2] He claimed the bronze medal in double trap shooting when his birthplace Lahti hosted the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships, and was selected to compete for Finland at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing last out of twenty-five prospective shooters.[1][3] Having pursued the sport since the age of thirteen, Olkkonen trained full-time for Lahti Shooting Club (Finnish: Lahden Ampumaseura) in Lahti under his personal coach Kari Olin.[1][4]
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| Full name | Joonas Olkkonen | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 February 1976 Kärkölä, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Double trap (DT150) | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Lahden Ampumaseura[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Kari Olin[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olkkonen qualified for the Finnish squad in the men's double trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by having registered a minimum qualifying score of 140 and obtaining the bronze medal to ensure an Olympic slot from the World Championships two years earlier.[3][5] Olkkonen fired 118 out of 150 birds to round out the leaderboard in last place from a field of twenty-five shooters, failing to advance to the final round.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "ISSF Profile – Petri Nummela". ISSF. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joonas Olkkonen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Olkkoselle pronssia kaksoistrapissa" [Olkkonen grabs bronze in double trap] (in Finnish). MTV Finland. 4 July 2002. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ Viitanen, Matti (29 August 2006). "Haulikon EM-kilpailu alkaa keskiviikkona 30. elokuuta" [World Shotgun Championships begin on Wednesday, August 30] (in Finnish). Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "Suomalaisampujien menestys kotikisoissa ylitti odotukset" [Finnish shooters' success at the national championships exceeded their expectations] (in Finnish). MTV Finland. 16 July 2002. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "Shooting: Men's Double Trap Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Olkkonen nieli pettymyksensä" [Olkkonen faces a disappointment] (in Finnish). MTV Finland. 17 August 2004. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
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