Matti Hatava

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Matti Hatava
Personal information
Born (1981-03-10) March 10, 1981 (age 42)
Lappeenranta, Finland
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
ClubTampereen Jousiampujat
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking340 [1]
Updated on August 13, 2008.

Matti Hatava (born March 10, 1981, Lappeenranta) is a Finnish archer who lives in Tampere and represents archery club Tampereen Jousiampujat.

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Hatava came 8th in the 1998 World Junior Championships, and represented Finland in the European Championships in 2000 and 2002. In 2002 Hatava took a break from active sport to pursue his personal career in banking. He returned to archery in the summer of 2007, coming third in the 2007 Finnish Championships. [2]

In 2008 Hatava finished second in the final Olympic qualification tournament held in Boé, France. Thus Hatava guaranteed a place for Finland at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. [3] He made his olympic debut finishing 58th on ranking round. In elimination rounds he first won Simon Terry of Great Britain but then lost to Cheng Chu Sian of Malaysia.

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