Pekka Saarelainen (curler)

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

Pekka Saarelainen
 
Born (1967-03-17) 17 March 1967 (age 57)
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

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

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1992–93 Jari Laukkanen Pekka Saarelainen Marko Latvala Tommi Valvelainen FMCC 1993  
1993–94 Jari Laukkanen Petri Tsutsunen Pekka Saarelainen Marko Latvala Tommi Valvelainen ECC 1993 (7th)
1994–95 Tomi Rantamäki Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Jussi Heinonsalo Markku Henttonen Pekka Saarelaine Anders Thidholm ECC 1994 (9th)
1998–99 Pekka Saarelainen ? ? ? FMCC 1999  
1999–00 Pekka Saarelainen ? ? ? FMCC 2000 (4th)
2000–01 Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Tommi Häti Jari Laukkanen Pekka Saarelainen ECC 2000  
FMCC 2001  
WCC 2001 (5th)
2001–02 Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Tommi Häti Jari Laukkanen Pekka Saarelainen Ken Armstrong (ECC) ECC 2001  
FMCC 2002  
OG 2002 (5th)
2003–04 Wille Mäkelä Pekka Saarelainen ? ? FMCC 2004  
2004–05 Wille Mäkelä Jari Laukkanen Pekka Saarelainen Tommi Häti Riku Raunio FMCC 2005 (5th)

References

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