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Finland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Finland competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1][2][3] They won five medals; one gold, three silver and one bronze, all in athletics.

Finland at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeFIN
NPCFinnish Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympia.fi/en
in Tokyo
Competitors16 in 7 sports
Flag bearers Henry Manni
Pia-Pauliina Reitti
Medals
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Toni Piispanen Athletics Men's 200 metres T51 31 August
  Silver Leo-Pekka Tähti Athletics Men's 100 metres T54 1 September
  Silver Amanda Kotaja Athletics Women's 100 metres T54 1 September
  Silver Toni Piispanen Athletics Men's 100 metres T51 3 September
  Bronze Marjaana Heikkinen Athletics Women's javelin throw F34 29 August

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 0 1
Athletics 4 2 6
Cycling 2 0 2
Equestrian 0 2 2
Shooting 1 0 1
Swimming 3 0 3
Table tennis 0 1 1
Total 11 5 16

Liisa Lilja was also qualified and selected but had to withdraw due to an injury shortly before the games.[4]

Archery

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Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Jere Forsberg qualified to compete.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Jere Forsberg Men's individual compound 682 20 Bye   Polish (USA)
W 145–143 		  Manshaezadeh (IRI)
W 145–143 		  Pavlík (SVK)
L 141–144 		did not advance 8[5]

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Six Finnish athletes (Toni Piispanen, Leo Pekka Tahti, Amanda Kotaja & Marjaana Heikkinen have qualified to compete.

Track events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Henry Manni 100m T34 — 15.84 5
800m T34 1:46.84 3 Q 1:47.34 4
Esa-Pekka Mattila 100m T54 14.71 6 did not advance
Toni Piispanen 100m T51 — 20.68  
200m T51 36.81 PR  
Leo-Pekka Tähti 100m T54 13.81 1 Q 13.85  
400m T54 46.91 5 did not advance
Women's track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Amanda Kotaja 100m T54 16.43 1 Q 15.93  
400m T54 57.70 5 did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Marjaana Heikkinen Javelin throw F34 17.47  

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Teppo Polvi and Harri Sopanen have both qualified to compete.[6][7]

Road

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Teppo Polvi Men's road race H1–2 1 LAP 7
Men's road time trial H1 56:29.24 5
Harri Sopanen Men's road race H1–2 did not start
Men's road time trial H1 did not finish

Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Katja Karjalainen and Pia-Pauliina Reitti have both qualified to compete.

Athlete Horse Event Final
Result Rank
Katja Karjalainen Dr Doolittle Individual Championship test grade I 71.893 6
Individual Freestyle test grade I 74.640 6
Pia-Pauliina Reitti Supremo Road Individual Championship test grade IV 66.269 12

Paratriathlon

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Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Liisa Lilja was qualified and scheduled to compete but had to withdraw after being injured in a car accident shortly before the games.[4]

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Finland entered one athletes into the Paralympic competition. Jarkko Mylly successfully break the Paralympic qualification at the 2018 WSPS World Cup which was held in Châteauroux, France.[8]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Jarkko Mylly Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 625.3 41[9] did not advance
Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1 615.2 15[10] did not advance

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Three swimmers, all male, have qualified to compete.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Nader Khalili 100m backstroke S14 1:07.04 17 did not advance
Leo Lähteenmäki 50m freestyle S9 26.64 14[11] did not advance
Antti Latikka 100m backstroke S13 1:03.75 8 Q[12] 1:04.21 7[13]

Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Aino Tapola qualified to compete. She is Finland's first female para table tennis player to compete at the Paralympics.

Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Aino Tapola Individual C1–2   Oliveira (BRA)
L 1–3 		  Bucław (POL)
L 0–3 		3[14] did not advance

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Finnish Paralympic team (in Finnish)". Finnish Paralympic Committee. 14 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Paratriathleten Liisa Liljas OS-resa inhiberad i sista stund – skadade sig i en trafikolycka förra veckan" [Parathlete Liisa Lilja's Olympic journey blocked at last moment] (in Swedish). YLE. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210908101006/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ARC/PG2020-_ARC_C76A_ARCMINDIVIDC99030-----------------.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  8. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  9. ^ https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/SHO/PG2020-_SHO_C74A_SHOOAR10P---01010-----------------.pdf[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210907092741/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/SHO/PG2020-_SHO_C74A_SHOOR50P----01010-----------------.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210829073106/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/SWM/PG2020-_SWM_C74A_SWMM50MFR---09020-----HEAT--------.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210826015703/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/SWM/PG2020-_SWM_C74A_SWMM100MBA--13010-----HEAT--------.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210827041726/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/SWM/PG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMM100MBA--13010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210910095458/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/TTE/PG2020-_TTE_C75A_TTEWSINGLES-02020-----------------.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-10. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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