Pekka Saarelainen (curler)
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| Born | 17 March 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Hyvinkää CC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 4 (1993, 1994, 2000, 2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pekka Juhani Saarelainen (born 17 March 1967 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish male curler.[2]
He is a European curling champion (2000) and competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics where the Finnish men's curling team placed fifth.
He started curling in 1985 at the age of 18.
Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 1992–93 | Jari Laukkanen | Pekka Saarelainen | Marko Latvala | Tommi Valvelainen | FMCC 1993 
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| 1993–94 | Jari Laukkanen | Petri Tsutsunen | Pekka Saarelainen | Marko Latvala | Tommi Valvelainen | ECC 1993 (7th) | |
| 1994–95 | Tomi Rantamäki | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jussi Heinonsalo | Markku Henttonen | Pekka Saarelaine | Anders Thidholm | ECC 1994 (9th) |
| 1998–99 | Pekka Saarelainen | ? | ? | ? | FMCC 1999 
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| 1999–00 | Pekka Saarelainen | ? | ? | ? | FMCC 2000 (4th) | ||
| 2000–01 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | Pekka Saarelainen | ECC 2000 FMCC 2001 WCC 2001 (5th) | |
| 2001–02 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | Pekka Saarelainen | Ken Armstrong (ECC) | ECC 2001  FMCC 2002 OG 2002 (5th) |
| 2003–04 | Wille Mäkelä | Pekka Saarelainen | ? | ? | FMCC 2004
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| 2004–05 | Wille Mäkelä | Jari Laukkanen | Pekka Saarelainen | Tommi Häti | Riku Raunio | FMCC 2005 (5th) |
References
External links
- Pekka Juhani Saarelainen at World Curling
- Pekka Juhani Saarelainen at Olympics.com
- Pekka Juhani Saarelainen at Olympedia
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