IPSC Finnish Handgun Championship

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The IPSC Finnish Handgun Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.

International Practical Shooting Confederation The international organization for the sport of practical shooting

The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) is the world's second largest shooting sport association and the largest and oldest within practical shooting. Founded in 1976, the IPSC nowadays affiliates over 100 regions from Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Competitions are held with pistol, revolver, rifle and shotgun, and competitors are divided into different divisions based on firearm and equipment features. While everyone in a division competes in the Overall category, there are also own separate awards for the categories Lady, Super Junior, Junior, Senior and Super Senior.

Finnish Shooting Sport Federation Umbrella organization for shooting sports in Finland

The Finnish Shooting Sport Federation, FinnishSuomen Ampumaurheiluliitto (SAL), was founded in 1919 and is an umbrella organization for sport shooting in Finland, representing many international shooting sport organizations in Finland.

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Champions

The following is a list of current and previous champions.

Overall category

YearDivision Gold medal blank.svg Gold Silver medal blank.svg Silver Bronze medal blank.svg BronzeVenue
1993Modified Flag of Finland.svg Raine Peltokoski
2004Open Flag of Finland.svg Vesa Jumppanen Flag of Finland.svg Tommi Marttinen Flag of Finland.svg Peter Kaski
2004Modified Flag of Finland.svg Kimmo K Iso-Tuisku Flag of Finland.svg Kristian Poikonen Flag of Finland.svg Tommi Forsell
2004Standard Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Aro Flag of Finland.svg Timo McKeown Flag of Finland.svg Lauri Nousiainen
2004Production Flag of Finland.svg Ismo K Tiermas Flag of Finland.svg Petri H Runtti Flag of Finland.svg Janne Toikkanen
2006Open Flag of Finland.svg Tony Ruohonen Flag of Finland.svg Jyrki Kadenius Flag of Finland.svg Jukka Suominen
2006Standard Flag of Finland.svg Mats Bäckström Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Kuisma Flag of Finland.svg Ville Kohonen
2006Production Flag of Finland.svg Matti Manni Flag of Finland.svg Timo McKeown Flag of Finland.svg Raine Peltokoski
2007Open Flag of Finland.svg Petri Runtti Flag of Finland.svg Vesa Jumppanen Flag of Finland.svg Raine Peltokoski
2007Standard Flag of Finland.svg Matti Manni Flag of Finland.svg Lauri Nousiainen Flag of Finland.svg Atte Vainionpää
2007Production Flag of Finland.svg Timo Mckeown Flag of Finland.svg Vesa Kaunisto Flag of Finland.svg Harri Ylinen
2009Open Flag of Finland.svg Raine Peltokoski Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Uronen Flag of Finland.svg Petri Runtti
2009Modified Flag of Finland.svg Harri Kykkänen Flag of Finland.svg Matti Peippo Flag of Finland.svg Timo Mckeown
2009Standard Flag of Finland.svg Tony Ruohonen Flag of Finland.svg Risto Hirvikallio Flag of Finland.svg Esa Marjoniemi
2009Production Flag of Finland.svg Vesa Kaunisto Flag of Finland.svg Lauri Nousiainen Flag of Finland.svg Tero Nikkarikoski
2010Open Flag of Finland.svg Raine Peltokoski Flag of Finland.svg Tommi Marttinen Flag of Finland.svg Petri Runtti
2010Modified Flag of Finland.svg Asmo Niveri Flag of Finland.svg Jari Aalto Flag of Finland.svg Seppo Nurmi
2010Standard Flag of Finland.svg Stefan Borgström Flag of Finland.svg Mikael Kaislaranta Flag of Finland.svg Jari Majuri
2010Production Flag of Finland.svg Timo Mckeown Flag of Finland.svg Petri Wächter Flag of Finland.svg Ville Väistö

Junior category

YearDivision Gold medal blank.svg Gold Silver medal blank.svg Silver Bronze medal blank.svg BronzeVenue
2005Production Junior Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Saarilahti Flag of Finland.svg Juha-Matti Jääskeläinen Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Marttinen
2009Standard Junior Flag of Finland.svg Risto Hirvikallio Flag of Finland.svg Thomas Rönnberg Flag of Finland.svg Iiro Vanne

Senior category

YearDivision Gold medal blank.svg Gold Silver medal blank.svg Silver Bronze medal blank.svg BronzeVenue
2007Standard Senior Flag of Finland.svg Tarmo Rinne Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Karras Flag of Finland.svg Sakari Haapasalo
2009Standard Senior Flag of Finland.svg Peter Rönnberg Flag of Finland.svg Risto Palmola Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Partanen
2010Open Senior Flag of Finland.svg Jukka Suominen Flag of Finland.svg Risto Palmola Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Partanen
2010Modified Senior Flag of Finland.svg Peter Rönnberg Flag of Finland.svg Ari Honkala Flag of Finland.svg Timo Salminen

See also

The IPSC Finnish Rifle Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.

The IPSC Finnish Shotgun Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.

The IPSC Finnish Tournament Championship is an IPSC level 3 Tournament championship held once a year by the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.

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