Samuli Piippo (born 1 January 1980) is a Finnish competitive archer.[1] A late beginner in competitive archery, Piippo made his debut on the Finnish national team at the age of 33, and roused a major surprise in his sporting career by booking one of the three individual Olympic places to Rio 2016 at the European Championships in Nottingham, Great Britain.[2] While training full-time at a local archery range in his current residence Oulu, Piippo works as a web applications designer for an information technology firm.[3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Samuli Piippo |
| Born | 1 January 1980 Raahe, Finland |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Sport | Archery |
| Event | Recurve |
| Club | Oulun Jousimiehet |
| Updated on 24 February 2017 | |
Piippo was selected to compete for Finland in the men's individual recurve at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2][4] Sitting at fifty-fourth position from the initial stage of the competition with a score of 636 points, Piippo lost his opening round match to the eleventh-seeded German archer Florian Floto, who successfully dispatched him through a comfortable 6–0 challenge.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Samuli Piippo". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Europe's Olympic places awarded in Nottingham". World Archery. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Team Finland Bio: Samuli Piippo". Finnish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Rion olympia- ja paralympiajoukkueisiin nimettiin lisää urheilijoita" [More athletes named for the Rio Olympics and Paralympics] (in Finnish). Finnish Olympic Committee. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Archery: Men's Individual Round of 64". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Oululainen Piippo putosi Rion jousiammunnassa" [Oulu's Piippo fell in Rio archery] (in Finnish). Kaleva. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
External links
edit- Samuli Piippo at World Archery
- Samuli Piippo at Archery Finland
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