Samuli Piippo

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Samuli Piippo
Personal information
Full nameSamuli Piippo
Born (1980-01-01) 1 January 1980 (age 44)
Raahe, Finland
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Sport Archery
Event Recurve
ClubOulun Jousimiehet
Updated on 24 February 2017.

Samuli Piippo (born 1 January 1980) is a Finnish competitive archer. [1] A late beginner in competitive archery, Piippo made his debut on the Finnish national team at the age of 33, and roused a major surprise in his sporting career by booking one of the three individual Olympic places to Rio 2016 at the European Championships in Nottingham, Great Britain. [2] While training full-time at a local archery range in his current residence Oulu, Piippo works as a web applications designer for an information technology firm. [3]

Piippo was selected to compete for Finland in the men's individual recurve at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [2] [4] Sitting at fifty-fourth position from the initial stage of the competition with a score of 636 points, Piippo lost his opening round match to the eleventh-seeded German archer Florian Floto, who successfully dispatched him through a comfortable 6–0 challenge. [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Samuli Piippo". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Europe's Olympic places awarded in Nottingham". World Archery. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. "Team Finland Bio: Samuli Piippo". Finnish Olympic Committee . Retrieved 23 February 2017.
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