Jari Petteri Laukkanen (born 12 June 1965 in Kesälahti, North Karelia, Finland) is a Finnish male curler and curling coach.[2]
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| Born | 12 June 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Hyvinkää CC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 7 (1988, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 10 (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2002) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other appearances | World Senior Curling Championships: 1 (2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He is a European curling champion (2000) and a World men's bronze medallist. He competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics where the Finnish men's curling team placed fifth.
He started curling in 1979 at the age of 14.
Teams edit
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 1986–87 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jari Laukkanen | Petri Tsutsunen | Jarmo Jokivalli | Juhani Heinonen | FMCC 1987 
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| 1987–88 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jarmo Jokivalli | Jari Laukkanen | Petri Tsutsunen | Juhani Heinonen | ECC 1987 (7th) | |
| Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Petri Tsutsunen | Jari Laukkanen | Jarmo Jokivalli | Juhani Heinonen | FMCC 1988 WCC 1988 (9th) | ||
| 1988–89 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jarmo Jokivalli | Jari Laukkanen | Petri Tsutsunen | Juhani Heinonen | ECC 1988 (12th) | |
| Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jari Laukkanen | Jori Aro | Marko Poikolainen | Juhani Heinonen | FMCC 1989
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| 1989–90 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jari Laukkanen | Jori Aro | Marko Poikolainen | Juhani Heinonen | ECC 1989 (11th) FMCC 1990 WCC 1990 (8th) | |
| 1990–91 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jari Laukkanen | Jori Aro | Marko Poikolainen | Juhani Heinonen | ECC 1990 (7th) WCC 1991 (10th) | |
| 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) | |
| 1996–97 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | FMCC 1997
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| 1997–98 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | ECC 1997 (6th) | |
| Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | Raimo Lind (FMCC) Jussi Uusipaavalniemi (WMCC) |
FMCC 1998 WCC 1998 
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| 1998–99 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | Raimo Lind (ECC, WCC) | Olli Rissanen (ECC) Eeva Röthlisberger (ECC) |
ECC 1998 (6th) FMCC 1999 WCC 1999 (8th) |
| 1999–00 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | Raimo Lind (ECC), Perttu Piilo (WCC) |
Olli Rissanen (ECC) Eeva Röthlisberger (ECC, WCC) |
ECC 1999 FMCC 2000 WCC 2000
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| 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) |
| 2004–05 | Wille Mäkelä | Jari Laukkanen | Pekka Saarelainen | Tommi Häti | Riku Raunio | FMCC 2005 (5th) | |
| 2007–08 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | |||
| 2012–13 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Jari Laukkanen | Tommi Häti | Jesse Uusipaavalniemi | Joni Ikonen | FMCC 2013 (4th) | |
| 2014–15 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Joni Ikonen | Jari Laukkanen | Jason Moore | Jari Turto | FMCC 2015 (6th) | |
| 2015–16 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Joni Ikonen | Kimmo Ilvonen | Toni Anttila | Jari Laukkanen | FMCC 2016
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| Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jari Laukkanen | Olavi Malmi | Juhani Heinonen | FSMCC 2016
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| 2016–17 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Juhani Heinonen | Markku Hämälainen | Jari Laukkanen | Petri Tsutsunen | FSMCC 2017 (6th) | |
| 2017–18 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jari Laukkanen | Markku Hämälainen | Juhani Heinonen | FSMCC 2018 WSCC 2018 (9th) |
Record as a coach of national teams edit
| Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
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| 2005 | 2005 European Curling Championships | Finland (men) |
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| 2006 | 2002 Winter Olympics | Finland (men) |
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References edit
External links edit
- Jari Laukkanen at World Curling
- Jari Laukkanen at Olympics.com
- Jari Laukkanen at Olympedia
- Jari Laukkanen on Twitter
- Video: 1991 World Men's Curling Championship, round robin, Canada (Kevin Martin) - Finland (Jussi Uusipaavalniemi) on YouTube
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