Paavo Puurunen
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's biathlon | ||
Representing  Finland
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| World Championships | ||
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2001 Pokljuka | 20 km individual |
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2003 Khanty-Mansiysk | 12.5 km pursuit |
Paavo Puurunen (born 28 August 1973 in Kuhmo, Kainuu) is a retired Finnish biathlete who competed at four Winter Olympics.[1] Puurunen debuted on the World Cup scene in the 1995/96 season. His best overall placing is from 1997/98 season when he finished 13th. He won his lone world cup victory in Pokljuka in 2001, in the World Championship, on the 20 km. His second world cup medal bronze in a pursuit is also from world championship that happened in 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk. At the 2006 Olympics in Turin, he took a fourth place in the mass-start competition his best Olympic result. In an ordinary world cup competition he has no better placing than 6th.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paavo Puurunen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
External links
[edit]- Old IBU profile at the Wayback Machine (archived March 4, 2016)
- Paavo Puurunen at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
- Paavo Puurunen at IBU BiathlonResults.com
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Kuhmo
- Finnish male biathletes
- Olympic biathletes for Finland
- Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Biathlon World Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Kainuu
- Finnish biathlon biography stubs