Tuomo Aarnikka (born 28 April 1967 in Lahti) is a Finnish wheelchair curler.[2][3]
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| Born | 28 April 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | M-Curling / Panthera Team / PT-curling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Wheelchair Championship appearances | 4 (2013, 2015, 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic appearances | 1 (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He participated in the 2014 Winter Paralympics where Finnish team finished on tenth place.
Teams edit
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 2007–08 | Tuomo Aarnikka | Jari Manni | Harri Haapala | Riitta Särösalo | Seppo Pihnala | WWhCQ 2007 (8th) | |
| Jari Manni | Tuomo Aarnikka | Risto Kuronen | Seppo Pihnala | FWhCC 2008 
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| 2008–09 | Vesa Hellman | Tuomo Aarnikka | Jari Manni | Riitta Särösalo | Seppo Pihnala | Lauri Ikävalko | WWhCQ 2008 (7th) |
| Tuomo Aarnikka | Jari Manni | Risto Kuronen | Seppo Pihnala | FWhCC 2009
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| 2009–10 | Tuomo Aarnikka | Risto Kuronen | Reijo Laakso | Jari Manni | Seppo Pihnala | FWhCC 2010 
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| 2010–11 | Vesa Hellman | Tuomo Aarnikka | Markku Karjalainen | Riitta Särösalo | Sari Karjalainen | Lauri Ikävalko | WWhCQ 2010 (8th) |
| Tuomo Aarnikka | Osku Kuutamo | Jussi Juntunen | Jorma Nieminen | FWhCC 2011
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| 2011–12 | Markku Karjalainen (4th) | Vesa Hellman (skip) | Sari Karjalainen | Tuomo Aarnikka | Riitta Särösalo | Lauri Ikävalko | WWhCQ 2011
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| Tuomo Aarnikka | Seppo Pihnala | Jussi Juntunen | FWhCC 2012 
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| 2012–13 | Markku Karjalainen (4th) | Vesa Hellman (skip) | Sari Karjalainen | Tuomo Aarnikka | Lauri Ikävalko | WWhCQ 2012
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| Markku Karjalainen (4th) | Vesa Hellman (skip) | Sari Karjalainen | Tuomo Aarnikka | Mina Mojtahedi | Osku Kuutamo | WWhCC 2013 (8th) | |
| Vesa Hellman | Seppo Pihnala | Mina Mojtahedi | Tuomo Aarnikka | FWhCC 2013
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| 2013–14 | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Vesa Hellman | Tuomo Aarnikka | Mina Mojtahedi | Osku Kuutamo | WPG 2014 (10th) |
| 2014–15 | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Mina Mojtahedi | Tuomo Aarnikka | Vesa Leppänen | Anne Malmi | WWhCC 2015
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| 2015–16 | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Yrjö Jääskeläinen | Tuomo Aarnikka | Riitta Särösalo | Lauri Ikävalko | WWhCC 2016 (10th) |
References edit
- ^ Finnish championships - past seasons | Curling.fi (look at "Finnish Wheelchair Curling Championships")
- ^ Tuomo Aarnikka on the World Curling database
- ^ Aarnikka, Tuomo | Curling.fi
External links edit
- Tuomo Aarnikka at World Curling
- Tuomo Aarnikka at Paralympic.org
- Profile at the official website for the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Tuomo Aarnikka on Facebook
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