Finland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Finland at the Paralympic Games
Flag of Finland IPC code  FIN NPC Finnish Paralympic Committee Website www.paralympia.fi/en
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London
Competitors
Flag bearer	Leo-Pekka Tähti
Medals Rank: 27	Gold 4	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 6
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Finland competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.^[1]

Archery

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jean-Pierre Antonios	Ind. compound W1	632	4	N/A	Bye	Kinnunen (FIN) (5) L 4-6	Did not advance
Osmo Kinnunen		627	5	N/A	Bartos (CZE) (12) W 6-0	Antonios (FIN) (4) W 6-4	Drahoninsky (CZE) (1) L 0-6	Murphy (CAN) (6) L 1-7	4
Jere Forsberg	Ind. compound Open	673	2	Bye	Aygan (TUR) (18) W 6-4	Bartos (CZE) (7) W 6-0	Hanci (TUR) (3) W 7-3	Stutzman (USA) (1) W 6-4
Keijo Kallunki		650	12	Cancelli (ITA) (21) L 0-6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Saana-Maria Sinisalo	Ind. recurve W1/W2	523	10	Bye	Kalay (TUR) (7) L 2-6	Did not advance

Athletics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Aleksi Kirjonen	Men's shot put F56	N/A		11.89	11
	Men's javelin throw F56	N/A		26.36	12
Esa-Pekka Mattila	Men's 100 m T54	14.99	6	Did not advance
Timo Mustikkamaa	Men's discus throw F37	N/A		39.98	12
Toni Piispanen	Men's 100 m T51	N/A		21.72 PR
Leo Pekka Tähti	Men's 100 m T54	13.63 WR	1 Q	13.79
	Men's 400 m T54	48.30	4 q	47.68 PB	4
Marjaana Huovinen	Women's shot put F34	N/A		7.64 PB	4
	Women's javelin throw F34	N/A		19.47 PB
Amanda Kotaja	Women's 100 m T54	16.45 PB	2 Q	16.29 ER	4
	Women's 400 m T54	58.06 PB	3 Q	57.35 PB	6
	Women's 800 m T54	2:00.73	6	Did not advance

Cycling

• Jarmo Ollanketo
• Marko Törmänen

Equestrian

• Katja Karjalainen
• Jaana Kivimäki

Goalball

Men's tournament

• Toni Alenius
• Jarno Mattila
• Erkki Miinala
• Ville Montonen
• Tuomas Nousu
• Petri Posio

Group play

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	5	4	1	0	26	6	+20	13
Brazil	5	3	0	2	30	20	+10	9
Lithuania	5	2	2	1	33	20	+13	8
Finland	5	2	0	3	16	24	−8	6
Sweden	5	1	2	2	16	25	−9	5
Great Britain	5	0	1	4	9	35	−26	1

30 August 2012 10:15	Finland	5 – 6	Brazil	Copper Box, London Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Thomas Baerz (GER)
	Alenius 3 Mattila 1 Minala 1	Report	Marques 4 Silvestre 2

31 August 2012 10:15	Lithuania	10 – 0	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Warrick Jackes (AUS)
	Pavliukianec 5 Juchna 3 Leonavicius 1 Zibolis 1	Report

1 September 2012 09:00	Turkey	4 – 0	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Shinji Mizuno (JPN), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
	Karakaya 3 Düzgün 1	Report

2 September 2012 18:30	Great Britain	3 – 7	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Warrick Jackes (AUS), Yasser Omar (EGY)
	Knott 3	Report	Mattila 4 Montonen 1 Miinala 1 Posio 1

4 September 2012 17:15	Finland	4 – 1	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Dawna Christy (CAN)
	Mattila 4	Report	Seremeti 1

Quarter-final

5 September 2012 21:00	Iran	1 – 5	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
	Sayahi 1	Report	Posio 3 Mattila 2

Semi-final

6 September 2012 18:30	Turkey	0 – 2	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Yasser Omar (EGY)
		Report	Mattila 2

Final

7 September 2012 20:00	Finland	8 – 1	Brazil	Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Tony Connolly (USA)
	Posio 4 Mattila 3 Miinala 1	Report	Leo. Moreno da Silva 1

Women's tournament

• Katja Heikkinen
• Kaisu Hynninen
• Iida Kauppila
• Krista Leppänen
• Maija Somerkivi
• Sanna Tynkkynen

Group play

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	4	4	0	0	28	4	+24	12
Great Britain	4	2	1	1	10	9	+1	7
Brazil	4	2	0	2	8	15	−7	6
Finland	4	1	1	2	10	13	−3	4
Denmark	4	0	0	4	3	18	−15	0

31 August 2012 15:00	Finland	1 – 1	Great Britain	Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Ali Aldarsony (KSA)
	Leppänen 1	Report	Luke 1

1 September 2012 21:00	Denmark	2 – 3	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Christl Daentler (GER), Tony Connolly (USA)
	Jørgensen 2	Report	Leppänen 2 Heikkinen 1

3 September 2012 15:00	Brazil	5 – 4	Finland	Copper Box, London

4 September 2012 10:15	Finland	2 – 5	China	Copper Box, London Referees: Bulent Kimyon (TUR), Launel Scott (CAN)
	Hynninen 1 Somerkivi 1	Report	Wang R. 4 Chen 1

Quarter-final

5 September 2012 14:15	Canada	1 – 2	Finland	Copper Box, London

Semi-final

6 September 2012 13:30	China	4 – 1	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Dawna Christy (CAN), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
	Chen 2 Lin 1 Wang S. 1	Report	Leppänen 1

Bronze medal game

7 September 2012 13:30	Finland	1 – 5	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Carla Da Matta (BRA), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
	Heikkinen 1	Report	Naesström 2 Gustavsson 2 Jälmestål 1

Judo

• Jani Kallunki
• Päivi Tolppanen

Sailing

• Niko Salomaa

Shooting

• Minna Sinikka Leinonen
• Veli Veikko Palsamäki

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Antti Antero Latikka	S13	100 m backstroke	1:04.33	6 Q	1:05.89	8

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Meri-Maari Mäkinen	S7	50 m freestyle	40.58	16	Did not advance
		100 m backstroke	1:42.69	16	Did not advance
	SB7	100 m breaststroke	2:02.32	10	Did not advance

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Group			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Esa Miettinen	Men's individual C9	Adisa (NGR) W 3–1	Bellais (FRA) L 2–3	2	Did not advance

References

1. "Finland - 2012 Paralympic News, Athletes, Medals". LOCOG. Retrieved 17 August 2012.