Finland at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Finland competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 18 March 2018.

Finland at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Flag of Finland
IPC code	FIN
NPC	Finnish Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympia.fi/en
in Pyeongchang, South Korea 9-18 March 2018
Competitors	13 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Matti Suur-Hamari
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Finnish Paralympic Committee has announced a medal target of 3 medals,^[1] which Finland managed to win.

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Cross-country skiing	0	0	1	1
Snowboarding	1	0	1	2
Total	1	0	2	3

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Matti Suur-Hamari	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross SB-LL2	12 March
Bronze	Ilkka Tuomisto	Cross-country skiing	Men's 1.5 km sprint classical, standing	14 March
Bronze	Matti Suur-Hamari	Snowboarding	Men's banked slalom SB-LL2	16 March

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Santeri Kiiveri	Super combined, standing	1:28.92	6	48.86	5	2:17.78	6
	Downhill, standing	—N/a				1:30.64	13
	Giant slalom, standing	1:08.64	8	1:07.62	7	2:16.26	6
	Slalom, standing	49.61	6	50.14	4	1:39.75	4
	Super-G, standing	—N/a				1:30.03	11

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Real Time	Calculation Time	Misses	Result	Rank
Juha Härkönen	7.5 km, standing	22:53.3	22:12.1	1 (0+1)	22:12.1	13
	12.5 km, standing	45:04.1	43:43.0	0 (0+0+0+0)	43:43.0	10
	15 km, standing	53:01.0	51:25.6	4 (1+1+0+2)	55:25.6	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Real Time	Calculation Time	Misses	Result	Rank
Sini Pyy	6 km, sitting	Did not finish
	12.5 km, sitting	1:03:24.1	59:35.9	7 (2+1+2+2)	1:06:35.9	14

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Real Time	Time	Rank
Inkki Inola Guide: Vili Sormunen	10 km classical, visually impaired	26:38.2	26:38.2	8
	20 km free, visually impaired	54:10.5	54:10.5	10
Rudolf Klemetti Guide: Jaakko Kallunki	10 km classical, visually impaired	29:05.4	29:05.4	14
	20 km free, visually impaired	58:05.6	58:05.6	12
Ilkka Tuomisto	10 km classical, standing	27:10.0	24:43.3	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Real Time	Time	Rank
Sini Pyy	5 km, sitting	20:54.7	19:39.4	14

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Deficit	Rank
Sini Pyy Inkki Inola Guide: Vili Sormunen Sini Pyy Ilkka Tuomisto	4 x 2.5 km mixed relay	28:11.0	+3:39.1	10

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Semifinal		Final
		Real Time	Calculated Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Inkki Inola Guide: Vili Sormunen	Sprint, visually impaired	3:52.10	3:52.10	7 Q	4:17.6	4	DNA
Rudolf Klemetti Guide: Jaakko Kallunki		4:28.36	4:28.36	17	Did not advance
Ilkka Tuomisto	Sprint, standing	4:03.91	3:41.96	7 Q	4:53.8	3 Q	4:20.8

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Semifinal		Final
		Real Time	Calculated Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sini Pyy	Sprint, sitting	4:10.54	3:55.51	13	Did not advance

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Banked slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Matti Suur-Hamari	Men's banked slalom SB-LL2	51.05	51.64	49.51	49.51
Matti Sairanen	Men's banked slalom SB-UL	DNF	DNF	1:02.45	1:02.45	20

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Matti Suur-Hamari	Men's snowboard cross SB-LL2	58.35	1:01.28	58.35	2 Q	Osharov (UKR) W	Murphy (NZL) W	Strong (USA) W	Gabel (USA) W
Matti Sairanen	Men's snowboard cross SB-UL	1:07.89	1:11.81	1:07.89	17	Did not advance				17

Wheelchair curling

Main article: Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage												Tiebreaker	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Markku Karjalainen Yrjö Jääskeläinen Sari Karjalainen Riitta Särösalo Vesa Leppänen	Mixed	SVK L 6–7	NPA L 5–12	GBR L 2–9	CHN L 4–6	USA W 8–5	KOR L 3–11	SUI L 7–10	SWE W 6–5	NOR L 4–6	CAN L 4–8	GER L 4–8	11	Did not advance

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot %	Qualification
1	South Korea	11	9	2	65	51	14	0.818	38	36	9	11	66%	Advance to playoffs
2	Canada	11	9	2	74	45	29	0.818	47	28	6	27	62%
3	China	11	9	2	85	42	43	0.818	43	32	2	16	67%
4	Norway	11	7	4	55	57	−2	0.636	41	35	5	15	58%
5	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	11	5	6	61	63	−2	0.455	44	37	2	23	62%
6	Switzerland	11	5	6	56	63	−7	0.455	36	45	2	11	61%
7	Great Britain	11	5	6	57	53	4	0.455	41	41	6	20	62%
8	Germany	11	5	6	57	68	−11	0.455	37	39	5	16	54%
9	Slovakia	11	4	7	62	72	−10	0.364	39	46	1	11	57%
10	Sweden	11	4	7	47	66	−19	0.364	29	45	8	8	57%
11	Finland	11	2	9	53	87	−34	0.182	35	46	1	11	51%
12	United States	11	2	9	58	63	−5	0.182	37	45	3	12	60%

Source: Paralympic.org

Round-robin

Finland has a bye in draws 1, 3, 8, 11, 13 and 15.

Draw 2

Saturday, 10 March, 19:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	7
Finland (S. Karjalainen)	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	6

Draw 4

Sunday, 11 March, 14:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Neutral Paralympic Athletes (Kurokhtin)	3	0	0	0	1	3	5	X	12
Finland (S. Karjalainen)	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	X	5

Draw 5

Sunday, 11 March, 19:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (Neilson)	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	X	9
Finland (S. Karjalainen)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	X	2

Draw 6

Monday, 12 March, 9:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (S. Karjalainen)	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	4
China (Wang)	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	X	6

Draw 7

Monday, 12 March, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (S. Karjalainen)	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	2	8
United States (Black)	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	5

Draw 9

Tuesday, 13 March, 9:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (S. Karjalainen)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	3
South Korea (Seo)	4	0	0	0	4	0	3	X	11

Draw 10

Tuesday, 13 March, 14:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (S. Karjalainen)	0	0	3	0	1	2	1	0	7
Switzerland (Wagner)	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	10

Draw 12

Wednesday, 14 March, 9:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (S. Karjalainen)	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	6
Sweden (Petersson Dahl)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	5

Draw 14

Wednesday, 14 March, 19:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	6
Finland (S. Karjalainen)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	4

Draw 16

Thursday, 15 March, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	8
Finland (Karjalainen)	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4

Draw 17

Thursday, 15 March, 19:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (S. Karjalainen)	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	4
Germany (Putzich)	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	X	8

See also

• Finland at the 2018 Winter Olympics