Markku Karjalainen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 13 February 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Lappi Kurlinki Ry, Rovaniemi [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member Association | Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Wheelchair Championship appearances | 4 (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paralympic appearances | 2 (2014, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Markku Karjalainen (born 13 February 1966 in Kajaani) is a Finnish wheelchair curler. [3] [4]
He participated in the 2014 and 2018 Winter Paralympics where Finnish team finished on tenth and eleventh places respectively.
His wife Sari is also a member of the Finland national wheelchair curling team. [5]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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2008–09 | Sari Räsänen | Tarja Hänninen | Jorma Lehmus | Markku Karjalainen | FWhCC 2009 | ||
2009–10 | Sari Räsänen | Tarja Hänninen | Vesa Leppänen | Markku Karjalainen | FWhCC 2010 | ||
2010–11 | Vesa Hellman | Tuomo Aarnikka | Markku Karjalainen | Riitta Särösalo | Sari Karjalainen | Lauri Ikävalko | WWhCQ 2010 (8th) |
Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Vesa Leppänen | FWhCC 2011 | ||||
2011–12 | Markku Karjalainen (fourth) | Vesa Hellman (skip) | Sari Karjalainen | Tuomo Aarnikka | Riitta Särösalo | Lauri Ikävalko | WWhCQ 2011 |
Markku Karjalainen | Vesa Leppänen | Sari Karjalainen | FWhCC 2012 | ||||
2012–13 | Markku Karjalainen (fourth) | Vesa Hellman (skip) | Sari Karjalainen | Tuomo Aarnikka | Lauri Ikävalko | WWhCQ 2012 | |
Vesa Leppänen | Sari Karjalainen | Markku Karjalainen | FWhCC 2013 | ||||
Markku Karjalainen (fourth) | Vesa Hellman (skip) | Sari Karjalainen | Tuomo Aarnikka | Mina Mojtahedi | Osku Kuutamo | WWhCC 2013 (8th) | |
2013–14 | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Vesa Hellman | Tuomo Aarnikka | Mina Mojtahedi | Osku Kuutamo | WPG 2014 (10th) |
2014–15 | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Mina Mojtahedi | Tuomo Aarnikka | Vesa Leppänen | Anne Malmi | WWhCC 2015 |
2015–16 | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Yrjö Jääskeläinen | Tuomo Aarnikka | Riitta Särösalo | Lauri Ikävalko | WWhCC 2016 (10th) |
2016–17 | Markku Karjalainen | Yrjö Jääskeläinen | Sari Karjalainen | Vesa Leppänen | Riitta Särösalo | Vesa Kokko | WWhBCC 2016 WWhCC 2017 (10th) |
2017–18 | Markku Karjalainen | Yrjö Jääskeläinen | Vesa Leppänen | Sari Karjalainen | Riitta Särösalo | Vesa Kokko | WPG 2018 (11th) |
Season | Female | Male | Coach | Events |
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2021–22 | Sari Karjalainen | Markku Karjalainen | Juuso Rasanen | WWhMDCC 2022 (...th) |
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